From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-06-30T21:32:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Increase significant digits in Float

Neve Le wrote:
> Is the hard-coded 15 just a "safe" limit? Would I be able to recompile 
> ruby with a higher definition? If possible, how high could I go?

No, it's a limit of IEEE double-precision floating-point representation.

If you want more digits of precision, use BigDecimal.
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