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Re: significance of double test?


>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Naulls <peter@erble.freeserve.co.uk> writes:

Peter> This is the first test from new_Double:

Peter>       // Some broken implementations convert "7.79625120912E289" to
Peter>       // the value 7.796251209119999E289.
Peter>       harness.check (new Double("7.79625120912E289").toString (),
Peter>         "7.79625120912E289");

Peter> Can someone tell me the significance of this test?  i.e., what's
Peter> the precise behaviour that's likely to result in the wrong value?

I don't know, but I think Andrew probably does.  I CC'd him since I
don't know if he is on mauve-discuss.

Tom

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