PSPP-BUG: [bug #51235] Wrong rounding of decimals in FACTOR output?

[Ben Pfaff]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #51235 (project pspp):

> I think the problem is in data-out.c - the function should_round_up is a bit
too naive: 

I think that's a misunderstanding.  First, my notes and the comments in
data-out.c say that SPSS follows the unusual policy that ties are always
rounded away from zero, so that the basic idea that '5' rounds up is correct.

But more importantly, should_round_up() is supposed to be looking at a
formatted number that has as many decimals as necessary to make a decision. 
The formatting is done by rounder_init(), which has logic that is supposed to
supply extra digits when an ambiguous case comes up.

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