Re: compatibility problem between 'double' and 'long double' versions | was: follow up: Aw: Re: 'testing' in gnumeric

2021-09-23 Thread Morten Welinder
For .ods there is no way to store what number system is in use. You could certainly store the shorter "0.1", but that would simply be wrong in a different way. The number you have in hand is 0.155511151231257827021181583404541015625 aka 3602879701896397 / 2^55. There simply is

compatibility problem between 'double' and 'long double' versions | was: follow up: Aw: Re: 'testing' in gnumeric

2021-09-23 Thread newbie nullzwei via gnumeric-list
hello @all, have an addition to the question: repeated: storing values in files pretending higher precision than they really have (in the originating fp-format) leads to compatibility problems with software using different precision for values. one of the simpliest cases: the decimal value