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RE: best practices in ECMAScript:
 
RE: best practices in ECMAScript:
 
Just converting to base units doesn't magically fix the issues; if I have 1.0BTC == 100000000.0 base units and I need to divide that value into three equal pieces, I'm going to run into issues whether the result is 0.3333333.... or 3333333.33333...
 
Just converting to base units doesn't magically fix the issues; if I have 1.0BTC == 100000000.0 base units and I need to divide that value into three equal pieces, I'm going to run into issues whether the result is 0.3333333.... or 3333333.33333...
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And the fixes are the same:  either round to the nearest .0000001 or to the nearest 1 before display, etc.

Revision as of 02:31, 4 March 2011

RE: best practices in ECMAScript: Just converting to base units doesn't magically fix the issues; if I have 1.0BTC == 100000000.0 base units and I need to divide that value into three equal pieces, I'm going to run into issues whether the result is 0.3333333.... or 3333333.33333...

And the fixes are the same: either round to the nearest .0000001 or to the nearest 1 before display, etc.