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Author	loewis
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, eric.smith, jackdied, loewis
Date	2009-07-06.20:57:59
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Message-id	<1246913880.52.0.205477687329.issue6427@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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As Amaury explains, it's called float because it is a floating point type. It is not a double type, as it is not two types, but only a single one :-) In 2.x, the "int" type was also represented with a C long, yet the type called "long" was not represented with longs but with shorts.

As Amaury explains, it's called float because it *is* a floating point
type. 

It is not a double type, as it is not two types, but only a single one
:-) In 2.x, the "int" type was also represented with a C long, yet the
type called "long" was not represented with longs but with shorts.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-07-06 20:58:00	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, amaury.forgeotdarc, jackdied, eric.smith
2009-07-06 20:58:00	loewis	set	messageid: <1246913880.52.0.205477687329.issue6427@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2009-07-06 20:57:59	loewis	create