Re: is int(round(val)) safe?

From: Steven Bethard (steven.bethard_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:33:23 GMT

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Since round() returns an integer

Just to clarify in case anyone else misreads this, I belive the intent
here was to say that round(f) -- that is, round with only a single
argument -- returns a floating point number with no fractional component
after the decimal point. The result is still a float, not an int though:

>>> round(3.14159265359)
3.0
>>> round(3.14159265359, 2)
3.1400000000000001

I think the intent was clear from the rest of the post, but I figured it
wouldn't hurt to clarify this for any newbies who misread it like I did.

Steve

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