Re: libpari precision handling changes

Ilya Zakharevich <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mathematics.pari.devel
Message-ID <ZX/[email protected]> 
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 12:14:23AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > Now the precision is a multiple of BITS_IN_LONG.
> > 
> > Is not there the code 'b' for this?  Why not use it?!

> It is not the same. 'b' allows any number of bits, while 'p' allows only multiple of
> BITS_IN_LONG. This is necessary until we allows t_REAL with precision in bits.

Hurray Hurray HURRAY!!!

Thanks,
Ilya

  P.S.  Is there a theory how to implement this to (statistically)
  	minimize the precision drift in long chains of calculations?
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