Re: Question to datatype.sgml

> On 30/12/2019 01:34, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you please someone elaborate what's the meaning of "even" in
>> datatype.sgml?
>>
>>     <para>
>>      By default, floating point values are output in text form in their
>>      shortest precise decimal representation; the decimal value produced is
>>      closer to the true stored binary value than to any other value
>>      representable in the same binary precision. (However, the output value is
>>      currently never <emphasis>exactly</emphasis> midway between two
>>      representable values, in order to avoid a widespread bug where input
>>      routines do not properly respect the round-to-even rule.) This value will
>>                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>      use at most 17 significant decimal digits for <type>float8</type>
>>      values, and at most 9 digits for <type>float4</type> values.
>>     </para>
>>
>> I think "even" means "equality" here, not "even" of "even and odd".
>
>
> It does actually mean "even and odd".  This kind of rounding is also
> called "Banker's Rounding".
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even

Oh, Thanks! The link is very helpful.
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