Re: float32, float64?
Bernie Ryan responded:
> I don't use these to test atoms. The idea of type define is to prevent
> a variable from accepting a value that is within a given range. I use
> them as a new user defined variable types.
That's perfectly fine. However, look closely at what Lucius asked for in his
original post:
Lucius originally wrote:
>I don't think I should have to convert the value to a float32
>sequence and back just to see if the stored value is accurate.
>
> I know that float64 is as accurate as I can get. I don't
>want to store numbers as float64 if I can accurately store
>them as float32.
Notice how the word "accurate" is stressed. My interpretation of this was
that he wanted a check for the most *accurate* machine type, not simply the
general numeric ranges. If my impression is wrong, I apologize, but I wanted
to be sure that his concerns about accuracy were addressed.
Hep yadda,
Gabriel Boehme
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