What would you do?

[malvolio]

7. Release the fix as an enhancement that improves accuracy to 7 or 8 places

Can you predict what the likely effect of the increase in accuracy will produce? Would you say be able to take a position that would be personally beneficial?

Ahem 2 - check out my earlier reply...

[DS23]

...but suppose that you had discovered a serious bug in one of the low levels of a product that you earn your living from....[/list]

buffoon - can you clarify - is this product created and owned by the unamed unfortunate or is it a third party application that is sold on with modifications? clearly, any option to pass the buck to the originators would be worth persuing.

do you, sorry, does your friend have any other enhancements or updates that could be applied that could be used to mask the bad news?

[Buffoon]

buffoon - can you clarify - is this product created and owned by the unamed unfortunate or is it a third party application that is sold on with modifications? clearly, any option to pass the buck to the originators would be worth persuing.

do you, sorry, does your friend have any other enhancements or updates that could be applied that could be used to mask the bad news?

It's the former. It was originaly used by a fund manager that was bought out and they now use their own stuff. The idiot who made the error in the first place (6 years ago!) was ..... No buck passing on this one.

Nobody has complained in all these years. Loads of new stuff is being written but that when the bug came to light.

I'm going to wait until Uncle Ben moves rates and slip it in then.