The weird quirk with rounding in Python (and that is good)

When working with rounding in Python, you may have come across an unexpected quirk. Unlike most people who tend to round numbers ending in .5 up, Python operates differently. While it rounds 0.5 to 0, it rounds 1.5 to 2, following the international standard (IEEE 754). This may be seen as a feature or a bug, depending on how you view it.

It is a bug, for me!

If you encounter a bug when working with numbers ending …

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