From: MaggotChild <hsomob1999@...>
Date: 2009-12-02T01:20:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Float Arithmetic: Return A Fixnum When Float == Fixnum

On Dec 1, 5:52 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <mar...@marnen.org> wrote:
> MaggotChild wrote:
> >>> j = 5/2.0
> > => 2.5
>
> > I'm fine with this
>
> >>> j = 4/2.0
> > => 2.0
>
> > Useless precision -for me. I want 2!
>
> The notation is misleading.  It's not a question of precision, but of
> type.  You can think of 2.0 as 2:Float, not 2 to 2 significant figures.

Yes, I do, but when it comes to printing, Float does not.

>
> >>> j == j.to_i ? j.to_i : j
> > => 2
>
> > Is there a "better" way?
>
> Why even bother?

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