[email protected] said: >> Isn't that as simple as convert a 64 bit integer to float and divide >> by 1<<32 to get the right scale? > Nope. Loss of precision. A double only has 52 bits of significant digits. > A float only 23. To fully encode a 64 bit int you need a long double with > (usually) 80 significant bits.
Thanks. Is there something I can say in python to get more precision? How widely is it supported? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntpsec.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
