Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Ron Wheeler
the archives there, or join, and ask since more Adobe peeps float around there. - Original Message - From: Boon Chew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Jon Bradley
On Mar 8, 2006, at 12:13 AM, JesterXL wrote: Something about how certain numbers are only so big in Flash Player, and there was talk of porting BigInt from Java. Far as I know, number accuracy in Flash is +/- 1e16 and no better. I believe that's 32-bit precision. On Mar 8, 2006, at 10:10

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-08 Thread Ron Wheeler
Jon Bradley wrote: On Mar 8, 2006, at 12:13 AM, JesterXL wrote: Something about how certain numbers are only so big in Flash Player, and there was talk of porting BigInt from Java. Far as I know, number accuracy in Flash is +/- 1e16 and no better. I believe that's 32-bit precision. On

Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision

2006-03-07 Thread JesterXL
float around there. - Original Message - From: Boon Chew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Doh! Converting a floating point string to numberloses precision I am aware