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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fixed vs float and precision and conversions
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:11:04 +0300
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On 2020-07-09 0:24, Björn Lundin wrote:
> Den 2020-07-08 kl. 22:34, skrev Niklas Holsti:

>> But the values in the Global_Odds table are all given with two 
>> decimals, not three, so why not define Fixed_Type with delta 0.01, 
>> which avoids this possible Float precision problem, as well as being 
>> more apt?
> 
> Because I wanted to express 6.5% -> 0.065 in fixed_type as well.
> I think I mentioned that in a post.

Oh yes, I didn't remember that. Sorry.

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