id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 4211 FloatFields are not actually Floats David Cramer Jacob "FloatFields should return a float() datatype so they can be used in comparison. The issue arises when you want to compare data in the database, to data thats not yet in the database. e.g. float_field = FloatField(decimal_places=2, max_digits=8) a = MyModel.objects.get(pk=1) In [57]: a.unknown3 Out[57]: Decimal(""0.00"") In [58]: a.unknown3 == 0 Out[58]: True In [59]: a.unknown3 == 0.0 Out[59]: False In [60]: a.unknown3 == 0.00 Out[60]: False This is misdirection and I believe one of the following should happen: * the data type should either be changed to a float * the data type should be comparable with a float * it should be relabeled DecimalField" closed Uncategorized dev duplicate Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0