#8896: 0.0000000000000000000000000000 is parsed completely differently than
1.0000000000000000000000000000 for no good reason
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   Reporter:  was               |       Owner:  AlexGhitza  
       Type:  defect            |      Status:  needs_review
   Priority:  minor             |   Milestone:  sage-4.4.3  
  Component:  basic arithmetic  |    Keywords:              
     Author:                    |    Upstream:  N/A         
   Reviewer:                    |      Merged:              
Work_issues:                    |  
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Comment(by leif):

 Replying to [comment:19 leif]:
 > (Using {{{RR}}}, i.e. 53 bit mantissa, if the sum is ''less'' than 53 is
 perhaps not desired.)
 >

 Must have been some spot on the screen that covered {{{min_}}}... ;-)

 Of course it's pretty ok to return {{{RR}}} in that case, too. (If someone
 really wants ''less'' precision, he can use {{{RealField(prec)("...")}}}
 directly.)

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