Meaning of Float>>closeTo:

Zulq Alam me at zulq.net
Sat Mar 3 23:25:00 UTC 2007


Hi All,

Maybe #closeTo: has a financial background as 0.01% is 1 basis point. A 
basis point is used to denote the change in a financial instrument 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_points).

- Zulq.


Jon Hylands wrote:

> You've found the exact threshold where it rolls over from being < 0.01% to
>> 0.01%.
> 
> Whether it *should* work this way is another question, but it certainly
> seems consistent...




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