gh-67795: Improve precision of non-float timestamp and timeout arguments#139273
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…arguments Use the as_integer_ratio() or the numerator and denominator attributes to represent the number as an integer ratio and perform scaling and rounding exactly. This allows to avoid the precision loss and double rounding error due to conversion to float.
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Can you please document the 3 return values (-1, 0, 1)?
Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
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Use the as_integer_ratio() or the numerator and denominator attributes to represent the number as an integer ratio and perform scaling and rounding exactly.
This allows to avoid the precision loss and double rounding error due to conversion to float.
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