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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by tyingq on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:04AM (#20818592)
It seems to just be layman shorthand for storing (not huge) integers as binary isn't lossy.
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:34AM (#20818727)
Storing integers as decimal (which computers can do easily) isn't lossy either.
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by viraptor on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:08AM (#20818947)
I believe that's where "natively" comes in. If you store it in binary, you can operate on the values as numbers. If you do some decimal conversion, it's a blob of data. (Yes, there are BCD instructions but they're massively limited)
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:27AM (#20819070)
Decimal numbers are still "stored as binary" at the silicon level.
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by mondoshawan on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:16AM (#20819429)
Unless you're on an IBM 1401... :D
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by Merrill on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @11:30AM (#20820762)
z14 and Power 9 appear to support decimal integer and float. Does Python on those processors support their use?
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Re:Python rounds float values by converting them to string a... by tyingq on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:59AM (#20820441)
I meant as opposed to floats, precision loss, etc.
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