From eb435b76b3433ed97837299329229e919c3fffd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BonfaceKilz Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:26:35 +0300 Subject: topics: editing-data: Comment on the 3-dp patch --- topics/data-uploads/editing-data.gmi | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'topics') diff --git a/topics/data-uploads/editing-data.gmi b/topics/data-uploads/editing-data.gmi index 0dbc7b4..6ae2015 100644 --- a/topics/data-uploads/editing-data.gmi +++ b/topics/data-uploads/editing-data.gmi @@ -126,3 +126,20 @@ guix install pudb -p ~/opt/pudb - To use pudb, just stick `import pudb; pu.db` wherever you fancy. Happy debugging! + +### Wed 26 Jan 2022 + +Fixed precision point errors. During file upload, excel appended +extra values; so instead of `BXD1,18.8,x,x`, you'd have +`BXD1,18.8000001,20,x`. There are 2 parts to fixing this: + +- During generating the json file(when creating the diff), ignore + modifications where |ε| > 0.0001. + +- When listing diffs, ignore modification entries where |ε| > 0.0001. + +For this fix, the second bit was ignored, because it'll lead to +unnecessarily complicated code, given that only one person has really +been testing the system. + + -- cgit v1.2.3