# from David E. Wheeler
# on Monday 20 April 2009 14:12:
>> Sure, you can't just treat a float as a tuple without fixing the
>> width of the second column. I imagine this is where everybody gets
>> confused and I think all we need to do is explain that.
>>
>> X convert to vX
>> X.Y convert to vX.Y00
>> X.YY convert to vX.YY0
>> X.YYY convert to vX.YYY
>> X.YYYZ convert to vX.YYY.Z00
>
>I think that Schwern's point is that it should not have to be
> explained.
As I just said, we're too late for that. When you find the time
machine, you can go make this point at the appropriate time:
5.005_63 -> 5.0.0.5.6.3
rejoice if(5.6.0 > 5.0.anything)
--Eric
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