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Interestingly, it mentions that a whole range of double strings is affected, not only a single number. I don't know how many floating points can actually be re
by lysium 16y ago
Interestingly, it mentions that a whole range of double strings is affected, not only a single number.
I don't know how many floating points can actually be represented in that range, though. Might be only one.
- pietrofmaggi 16y agoMore than one, in the post that highlighted the problem (here the HN thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2164863 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2164863) these were pointed out: 0.00022250738585072012e-304 (decimal point placement) 00000000002.2250738585072012e-308 (leading zeros) 2.225073858507201200000e-308 (trailing zeros) 2.2250738585072012e-00308 (leading zeros in the exponent) 2.2250738585072012997800001e-308 (superfluous digits beyond digit 17)