Print rounds down

As a generalization this is not true.
Even when it is true for some value $x, it will be untrue for -$x.
However, there are times when print() rounds up for positive values.

Consider the following (perl-5.32.0, nvtype is "double"): 
use strict;
use warnings;

my $d = 0.4444444444444446;
printf "%a\n", $d;
print "$d\n";

print "print() has rounded upwards\n"
  if "$d" > $d;

__END__
Outputs:
0x1.c71c71c71c71fp-2
0.444444444444445
print() has rounded upwards

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And how do I calculate the value of this "epsilon" that is being mentioned ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^4: what did I just see..? by syphilis
in thread what did I just see..? by ishaybas

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