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Author	vstinner
Recipients	TD22057, vstinner
Date	2008-10-13.17:17:45
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Message-id	<1223918266.95.0.716238169855.issue4114@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Why do you use float (32 bits) instead of double (64 bits)? Your example use: double (python) -> float (C) -> double (python) If you convert 64 bits float to 32 bits, for sure you will loose some digits. It's not a bug in Python, but a problem in your code ;-)

Why do you use float (32 bits) instead of double (64 bits)? Your 
example use:
 double (python) -> float (C) -> double (python)

If you convert 64 bits float to 32 bits, for sure you will loose some 
digits. It's not a bug in Python, but a problem in your code ;-)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-10-13 17:17:47	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, TD22057
2008-10-13 17:17:46	vstinner	set	messageid: <1223918266.95.0.716238169855.issue4114@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2008-10-13 17:17:45	vstinner	create