From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T02:48:18+09:00
Subject: 5.000...007.to_s => "5"

irb(main):001:0> 5.00000000000007.to_s
=> "5.00000000000007"

irb(main):002:0> 5.000000000000007.to_s
=> "5.00000000000001"

irb(main):003:0> 5.0000000000000007.to_s
=> "5"

irb(main):004:0> 5.00000000000000007.to_s
=> "5.0"

Note the weirdness in the third item, as reported by 'quix' on the 
#ruby-lang IRC channel.

(The issue is not the lack of float precision...that's gotta give out 
at some point. The issue is the "5" vs. "5.0" discrepancy.)

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