Yes, 1.6 is. But the actual value being stored is between 1.6 and 1.6000000000000001 (in the double case) -- you have to round it to display it as decimal. I'

Yes, 1.6 is. But the actual value being stored is between 1.6 and 1.6000000000000001 (in the double case) -- you have to round it to display it as decimal. I'm working on a program right now to give a detailed dump of a double/float's value, to make this as clear as possible (and I'm learning a lot in the process). EDIT: got an initial revision out there; check out: https://github.com/haberman/dumpfp https://github.com/haberman/dumpfp