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Re: Motion 46: finalise interval literals, amendments



On 2013-07-09 05:20:04 -0700, Dmitry Nadezhin wrote:
> > Otherwise an arbitrary precision library may be needed to
> > evaluate (simplify) rational numbers.
> 
> Arbitrary precision library is not a trouble.
> Conversion of decimal string to binary floating-point
> with correct rounding already requires
> arbitrary precision library.

Multiple precision, yes. But arbitrary precision is not necessary,
as the needed precision is bounded, AFAIK.

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