Re: [Bug 1899553] Re: gcvt and qgcvt do not always provide requested precsion

2021-02-02 Thread Robert Gilmour
Hi, On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:46 AM Balint Reczey <1899...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > The first result is slightly less, the second one is slightly more > accurate representation of 0.1 compared to the exected value thanks to > the rounding. > > IMO it makes sense to omit the digits that are bel

[Bug 1899553] Re: gcvt and qgcvt do not always provide requested precsion

2021-02-02 Thread Balint Reczey
The first result is slightly less, the second one is slightly more accurate representation of 0.1 compared to the exected value thanks to the rounding. IMO it makes sense to omit the digits that are below the accuracy limit and the man page does not suggest the opposite. If you deeply believe tha