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There are absolutely time when you need to deal with amounts smaller than the smallest division of a currency. For example: 1 ea @ $0.00589 Normally this is wh

There are absolutely time when you need to deal with amounts smaller than the smallest division of a currency. For example: 1 ea @ $0.00589 Normally this is when ordering in the thousands or millions of small things, but you need to record that fractional size.

Kiro 6y ago
Yeah, this immediately broke my idea of only dealing with cents and integers. All of a sudden I wanted to price something $0.001 and it all came crashing down.
- ranguna 6y ago
  In the real world when you place a transaction, how do you pay a fraction of a cent?
  - Kiro 6y ago
    As the parent says it's the unit price (with quantity of millions) so the end amount will be rounded but all the steps before that need to be able to handle fractions.