Hi,

At Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:17:24 +0900,
Roger Pack wrote in [ruby-core:23179]:
> Is this satisfactory, or would anyone still prefer Float#to_s
> => rounded, Float#inspect => non rounded (i.e. 0.9.inspect =>
> "0.8999999999")?  Just wondering since I brought up this mess
> :)

I had another thought, Float#to_s could take an optional
argument to specify the precision or the format.

e.g.:

  0.9.to_s(3)   #=> "0.900"
  0.9.to_s("e") #=> "9.000000e-01"
  0.9.to_s(prec: 4, width: 6) #=> " 9.000"

-- 
Nobu Nakada