Subration issue, with trailing decimal if result value is less then 0.4

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3/5
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1-2 days
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55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
go
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the two subtraction expressions from the issue and locate the expression evaluator's subtraction handling. Check the existing tests around numeric subtraction, then define completion as producing the expected subtraction result without the trailing floating-point artifact while preserving the 1-0.5 case.

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Description

Subtraction is giving trailing value for

1-0.7 = 0.30000000000000004

but

1-0.5 = 0.5
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