PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/policyengine-core
Results vary depending on sequence of `calc` operations
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Description
As described in https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/issues/4044, in some versions of policyengine-us, we get different results when calculating a variable depending on whether we calculated another variable previously.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Begin with the behavior described in policyengine-us issue 4044 and reproduce calculations in different sequences. Trace the relevant calculation entry points in policyengine-core; done when calculating one variable produces the same result regardless of whether another variable was calculated first.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100