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Re: python 3.44 float addition bug?

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> But you're right that this can be very surprising. And it's inherent
> to the concept of digits having more range than just "high" or "low",
> so there's no way you can get this with binary floats.

For an average of two numbers, I think that's true.  For an average of
more than two numbers, it's possible.

>>> a = 2.0 ** 53 - 1
>>> b = 2.0 ** 53 - 2
>>> a
9007199254740991.0
>>> b
9007199254740990.0
>>> (a + b + b) / 3
9007199254740989.0

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      Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 13:26 +1000
      Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-06-24 17:30 +1200
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  Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Maciej Dziardziel <fiedzia@gmail.com> - 2014-06-25 14:12 -0700
    Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-26 02:56 +0000
      Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-26 13:13 +1000
        Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-26 04:17 +0000
          Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-26 14:41 +1000
      Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-06-26 13:39 +1000
        Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-26 09:15 +0000
          Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-26 19:38 +1000
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              Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 13:24 +1000
              Re: python 3.44 float addition bug? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 10:18 -0600
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