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Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction
Date 2013-07-29 18:46 +0000
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On 2013-07-29, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> On 29/07/2013 17:40, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:09 PM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm surprised that Fraction(1/3) != Fraction(1, 3); after all, floats
>>>> are approximate anyway, and the float value 1/3 is more likely to be
>>>> Fraction(1, 3) than Fraction(6004799503160661, 18014398509481984).
>>>
>>> At what point should it become Fraction(1, 3)?
>>
>> At the point where the float is exactly equal to the value you get
>> from the floating-point division 1/3.  If it's some other float then
>> the user didn't get there by entering 1/3, so it's not worth trying to
>> pretend that they did.
>
> I thought that you're not meant to check for equality when using floats.

You check for equality if equality is what you want to check.  However
much of the time when people _think_ they want to check for FP
equality, they're wrong.

You'll have to consult with a spiritual advisor to determin what you
are "meant" to do...

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Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 15:43 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 09:50 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 17:09 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 17:20 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-29 19:20 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 19:32 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 17:48 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 17:27 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 10:40 -0600
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-29 19:16 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 13:33 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 18:04 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-29 18:46 +0000
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 20:19 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-29 13:08 -0400
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 17:29 +0000
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-29 16:48 -0400
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 18:14 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 11:35 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 22:34 +0300
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 14:35 -0600
  Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 14:32 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2013-07-31 15:23 -0500
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-01 06:20 +0000
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 07:32 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 10:44 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 10:48 +0100

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