[fpc-pascal] Freepascal Floating Point Issue

[Sven Barth]

Am 22.08.2017 18:11 schrieb "Peter" <peter at pblackman.plus.com>:
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> Hi James,
>
> Its unlikely that 999.999 has an EXACT representation in floating point.
>
> 999.99900000000002  maybe the closest value at your chosen precision.
>
> Extended type has more precision, but still probably won't be exact.

Additionally Extended is not cross platform.

Regards,
Sven
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