""" Sometimes use of floats may lead to undesirable results, e.g. int(2.3 / 0.1) = 22. We cannot afford to use different number representations (e.g. representations provided by decimal or fraction modules), thus consequences are worked around by this module. """ import math import sys # As we will be rounding numbers after operations (which introduce higher error # than base float representation error), we need to keep less significant # numbers than for single float number w/o operations keepDigits = int(sys.float_info.dig / 2) def floatUnerr(value): """Round possible float number error, killing some precision in process.""" if value in (0, math.inf): return value # Find round factor, taking into consideration that we want to keep at least # predefined amount of significant digits roundFactor = int(keepDigits - math.ceil(math.log10(abs(value)))) return round(value, roundFactor)