Re: [AC21.5] Texinfo manual kilo-patch

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Mincy <[email protected]> writes:

    Jeff> Stephen made a comment "conversion to a rational claims that
    Jeff> you've acquired an infinite amount of precision from
    Jeff> somewhere."  this statement is overstated - the claim is
    Jeff> only that the floating point number is precise in its
    Jeff> representation, not that it has infinite precision.  The
    Jeff> floating number is precise, you don't need any more bits
    Jeff> (they are all zero bits).

I understand the point you're making, but I stand by my statement in
the context of the thread, because Lisp doesn't know where that number
came from, and therefore does not know how much precision you know it
has.


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