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List:       ruby-core
Subject:    [ruby-core:27682] Re: [Feature #2152] Split functionality of Float#inspect
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () hakubi ! us>
Date:       2010-01-22 8:03:29
Message-ID: 4B595A40.4050502 () hakubi ! us
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On 1/21/10 7:22 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> Issue #2152 has been updated by Rick DeNatale.
> 
> 
> While I can appreciate the desire to make floats a little clearer to
> beginners.  I have to reluctantly pitch in with a -1 on this.

I shudder at the idea of having beginners get anywhere near floats.
It's a rare time that somebody ever actually wants a float instead of a
BigDecimal or a Rational.
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Neil Stevens - neil@hakubi.us

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