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Issue #12548 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe.


I doubt if we need multiple rounding modes.  I guess for every situation when a specific rounding mode is mandatory, what is needed is the round-even mode.  I have never experienced the needs of other modes.  Almost everybody don't care what mode they use.

Defaulting to that rounding mode should just suffice.  Adding parameter solves a problem that doesn't exist.

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Bug #12548: Rounding modes inconsistency between round versus sprintf
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12548#change-60185

* Author: Kieran McCusker
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* ruby -v: 2.3.1
* Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
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Hi

I've found this possible bug with sprintf in our production code, but it
seems very odd that no one has reported it so I'm doubting myself.

I've tested a few versions (CRuby 2.3.1 and 2.1.9) and it was present in
both.

To reproduce in irb:

sprintf('%1.0f', 12.5)

Expected result 13 actual 12

In fact if you look at the number sequence 0.5 -> 99.5 you find the even
half will all round down and the odd half round up. 12.5.round produces the correct result (13)

If you do the same in jruby 2.2.1 you get the expected result of 13.

Many thanks

Kieran




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