From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2004-05-13T03:18:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Major Addition Bug?

> Seems to present a major problem if you want to deal with financial
> figures, for example.  Are there any workarounds?

Don't use floats for financial figures. Use a Money object, such as the 
one[1] Fowler describes in PoEAA. That way you'll be setup for handling 
currency issues as well.

[1] http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/money.html
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