OpenEuphoria

Re: and_bits() behavior

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gmail.com> Jun 27, 2007
• 658 views

Jason Gade wrote:
> 
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
> > 
> > That's OK.
> > Run the following code, and maybe then you can solve the riddle yourself.
> > 
> > }}}
<eucode>
> > include machine.e
> > ? int_to_bits(-1, 8)
> > </eucode>
{{{


> 
> BTW, I experimented with this today. The highest bit count that I could go to
> and still get all ones was 53. At 54 and above, I got all zeroes.

I believe that you've hit the precision limit of a double, which is probably
the reason for this.

Matt