On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 13:11, Michele Zaffalon <michele.zaffa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am confused by the type of the result of `1.*80`, which is `Int64`, despite > the fact that `1.` is `Float64`, and that `Float64(1)*80` is a `Float64`:
No this is parsed as 1 .* 80. Try 1.0*80 > julia> typeof(1.), typeof(80), typeof(1.*80), typeof(Float64(1.)*80) > (Float64,Int64,Int64,Float64) > > Does it have to do with the fact that both 1 and 80 have an exact Float64 > representation? > > julia> bits(1.) > "0011111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" > > julia> bits(80.) > "0100000001010100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" > > > Thank you, > michele
