[vwnc] [Fwd: Re: About Double hash]

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[vwnc] [Fwd: Re: About Double hash]

Andres Valloud-3
Oops sorry, I meant to answer to the list.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [vwnc] About Double hash
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:29:14 -0700
From: Andres Valloud <[hidden email]>
To: nicolas cellier <[hidden email]>
References: <g418m0$nl2$[hidden email]>
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<g50f77$r6a$[hidden email]> <g50fc6$r6a$[hidden email]>



Note you can also use the message unitOfLeastPrecision, which unlike
timesTwoPower: -52 will also work for denormalized values.

Andres.

nicolas cellier wrote:

> nicolas cellier a écrit :
>
>  
>> | eps |
>> eps := 1.0d timesTwoPower: -52.
>> 1.0d + eps = 1.0e. "-> false"
>> (1.0d + eps) asFloat = 1.0e. "-> false"
>>
>>    
>
> Yes second answer was true of course, i messed with copy/paste again
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