Revert "Fix tolerance broken"

This reverts commit 66b949b7.

common/lib/capa/capa/tests/test_util.py

@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ class UtilTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(result)
         result = compare_with_tolerance(infinity, infinity, '1.0', False)
         self.assertTrue(result)
-        # Test absolute tolerance for smaller values
-        result = compare_with_tolerance(100.01, 100.0, 0.01, False)
-        self.assertTrue(result)
-        result = compare_with_tolerance(100.001, 100.0, 0.001, False)
-        self.assertTrue(result)
-        result = compare_with_tolerance(100.01, 100.0, '0.01%', False)
-        self.assertTrue(result)
-        result = compare_with_tolerance(100.002, 100.0, 0.001, False)
-        self.assertFalse(result)
 
     def test_sanitize_html(self):
         """

common/lib/capa/capa/util.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import bleach
 
 from calc import evaluator
 from cmath import isinf
-from decimal import Decimal
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Utility functions used in CAPA responsetypes
@@ -68,21 +67,7 @@ def compare_with_tolerance(student_complex, instructor_complex, tolerance=defaul
     else:
         # v1 and v2 are, in general, complex numbers:
         # there are some notes about backward compatibility issue: see responsetypes.get_staff_ans()).
-        decimal_places = None
-        # count the "decimal_places" for "student_complex". e.g, for
-        # "student_complex" value "152.3667" the "decimal_places" will be
-        # 4 as there are 4 digits "3667" after decimal
-        if isinstance(student_complex, float):
-            decimal_places = Decimal(str(student_complex)).as_tuple().exponent * -1   # pylint: disable=E1103
-
-        abs_value = abs(student_complex - instructor_complex)
-
-        # decimal_places could be NaN in some cases
-        if decimal_places and isinstance(decimal_places, int):
-            # abs_value contains 17 digits exponent value so
-            # round it up to "decimal_places"
-            abs_value = round(abs_value, decimal_places)
-        return abs_value <= tolerance
+        return abs(student_complex - instructor_complex) <= tolerance
 
 
 def contextualize_text(text, context):  # private