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RealDigits rounds sometimes

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• Subject: [mg49892] RealDigits rounds sometimes
• From: "Mr. Neutron" <Neutron at aol.com>
• Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:21:34 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In Mathematica 5.01:

RealDigits[Pi,10,5] gives 3.1416

RealDigits[355/113,10,5] gives 3.1415

RealDigits[355./113,10,5] gives 3.1416

Earlier versions, Mathematica 4.1 and 4.2 never round as near as I can tell.

Can anyone tell me under what conditions I can expect rounding to occur, and can I stop
this behavior in 5.01?