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Why is this true: BigDecimal(1.1) == 1L

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Tue, 2010-05-18, 00:13
Bryne McCullough
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I expected false in this case:

scala> BigDecimal(1.1) == 1
res51: Boolean = false

But, I was surprise to see true in this case:

scala> BigDecimal(1.1) == 1L
res52: Boolean = true

Any ideas why the 1 case is false, but the 1L case is true?

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Tue, 2010-05-18, 00:37
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extempore
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Re: Why is this true: BigDecimal(1.1) == 1L

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 04:13:00PM -0700, Bryne McCullough wrote:
> But, I was surprise to see true in this case:

It's a bug.

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