[bug#56558] [PATCH] build: Simpler percentage calculation.

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Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at> writes:

> Am Donnerstag, dem 14.07.2022 um 16:58 +0200 schrieb raingloom:
>> * build-aux/compile-all (%): Simpler calculation that avoids
>> intermediate float.
>> ---
>>  build-aux/compile-all.scm | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/build-aux/compile-all.scm b/build-aux/compile-all.scm
>> index 9ffbce43ad..6fdbe0dea8 100644
>> --- a/build-aux/compile-all.scm
>> +++ b/build-aux/compile-all.scm
>> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ (define (parallel-job-count*)
>>  
>>  (define (% completed total)
>>    "Return the completion percentage of COMPLETED over TOTAL as an
>> integer."
>> -  (inexact->exact (round (* 100. (/ completed total)))))
>> +  (quotient (* 100 completed) total))
> I am fairly certain that this changes the semantics of %.  Try for
> example (% 23 24).
>
> Cheers

It rounds down instead of up, which, :shrug:.
If that's a deal breaker, feel free to close this.