01.11.2012 14:26, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
> The obvious one (though not necessarily meaning the only one) is to have
> even longer numerics and use them in cases when an int64 based
> intermediate result is likely to overflow.

   Way to nowhere. No matter how long new datatype is, 1/3 won't be precise.

   IMHO, division should produce double precision result. Always.

-- 
   WBR, SD.

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