Index: openacs-4/packages/ecommerce/tcl/ecommerce-money-computations-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/ecommerce/tcl/ecommerce-money-computations-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.7.8.2 -r1.7.8.3
--- openacs-4/packages/ecommerce/tcl/ecommerce-money-computations-procs.tcl	19 Dec 2004 10:42:11 -0000	1.7.8.2
+++ openacs-4/packages/ecommerce/tcl/ecommerce-money-computations-procs.tcl	12 Feb 2005 05:40:52 -0000	1.7.8.3
@@ -413,3 +413,15 @@
 
     return [list $total_reg_shipping_cost $total_exp_shipping_cost 0]
 }
+
+ad_proc ec_same_value {
+    value_one
+    value_two
+} { 
+    Returns true if values are essentially the same for monetary purposes, otherwise returns false.
+    This takes care of comparisons of two calculated, binary values where the difference is monetarily insignificant,
+    yet logical comparisons would be false.
+} {
+    set is_same [expr [expr abs( $value_one - $value_two ) ] < 0.009]
+    return $is_same
+}
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