Re: [AD] About the fixed type (continued)

[Laurence Withers <lwithers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 27 August 2002 18:27, Eric Botcazou wrote:
>     1. The float vs double problem
> Using float means a loss of precision. We could say "never mind" if
> the conversion was only used when passing from the floating point
> world to the integer world.
[snip]
> As I think we can't afford to lose any bit of precision when staying
> within the fixed type, using 'double' is unavoidable.

OK, so we change the documentation. Do you want me to do that, or 
yourself?

[snip]
> However I would like to combine
> the conversion with other multiplicative operations. Therefore I
> think we should only provide the multiplicator (and maybe its
> inverse) instead of any functions.

Sounds sensible. Would it be a #define constant, in that case?

Bye for now,
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Laurence Withers,  lwithers@xxxxxxxxxx
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