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@miss-islington miss-islington commented Jul 11, 2023

gh-86618 assumed a-b-c = a-(b+c) = a-d where d = b+d.
For floats 2.0, 1.0, and 0.9999999999999999, this assumption
is false. The net change of 1.1102230246251565e-16 to 0.0
results in division by 0. Revert the replacement. Add test.
(cherry picked from commit a2d54d4)

Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy [email protected]

…H-106627)

pythongh-86618 assumed a-b-c = a-(b+c) = a-d where d = b+d.
For floats 2.0, 1.0, and 0.9999999999999999, this assumption
is false.  The net change of 1.1102230246251565e-16 to 0.0
results in division by 0.  Revert the replacement.  Add test.
(cherry picked from commit a2d54d4)

Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <[email protected]>
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