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And I'm suggesting that using the built-in floating point representation is a good thing overall, even if it doesn't allow you to specify a precision.
by mark-r 7y ago
And I'm suggesting that using the built-in floating point representation is a good thing overall, even if it doesn't allow you to specify a precision.
- maxerickson 7y agoI'm confused by this reply. Like I said "Not at all.". But the point is, if you have some data that you want to communicate, it is also a good idea to store the precision.
- mark-r 7y agoIt's actually very rare that you need to know the precision of a number, and it's thrown away as soon as you read the value into a standard floating point variable. Keeping the precision is usually more trouble than it's worth.