From: Sam Kong <sam.s.kong@...>
Date: 2009-10-06T05:05:07+09:00
Subject: BigDecimal to float error

Hi,

I found a weird problem.

In ruby 1.8.5, I get the following result in irb.

BigDecimal.new("86.02").to_f #=> 86.2

I don't know if this is a ruby bug or machine bug.
In ruby 1.8.6 on a different machine, it's ok.

Is this a known issue?

Sam