Fun with roundoff error

Randolph Fritz randolph@panix.com
Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:33:47 -0500


On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 10:15:37AM -0600, Bill Gribble wrote:
> 
> What version of gnucash are you using?  There are known problems with
> rounding in the 1.4.x series that have been corrected by the use of
> exact arithmetic in the 1.5.x series.  If you are using a 1.5.x
> gnucash, I'd like to see some more information about how you created
> this transaction so we can duplicate and correct the bug.
> 

It's 1.4 series--it is excellent to know that you have fixed this
class of problems.  May I ask for some details of the exact arithmetic
system chosen?

Randolph