2009/7/8 Hernan Wilkinson <[email protected]> > I added this new issue that happens on the latest image. > I'm posting it here because I think it is an important bug because it > affects the number model. > The problem is related with all fractions who's denominator is not power of > two. (130/100 = 1.3 or 1/5 = 0.2, etc) > (See > > Float>>adaptToFraction: rcvr andCompare: selector where it does > .... > "Try to avoid asTrueFraction because it can cost" > selector == #= ifTrue: [ > rcvr denominator isPowerOfTwo ifFalse: [^false]]. > > ...) > > A hypothetical question: would it be harmful if the compiler stored number literals as Fractions rather than Floats? For example, the compiler could store "1.3" as the literal "13/10" in the CompiledMethod. The denominator would always be a multiple of 10 or whatever the base of the specified number is.
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