From: Daniel Luz <dev@...>
Date: 2009-03-03T00:47:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22626] Re: suggestions for float

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 03:59, Roger Pack <rogerdpack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kurt Stephens suggested awhile back
> "
> Perhaps Ruby should do what Common Lisp implementations have been doing:
>
> http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=989431
> http://kurtstephens.com/files/p372-steele.pdf
> ftp://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/fp/gdtoa.tgz
>
> Perhaps the default Float#to_s formatting should not throw away
> necessary precision, so that:
>
> �some_float == eval("#{some_float}")
>
> is always true.
> "

Perhaps we could have distinct Float#to_s and #inspect, like Python?

--
Daniel