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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Ryu floating point output patch
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Msg-id CAKFQuwY88byqB3cMhFM2orPAHXq-febE9XS4B29uMaYXnx0CNQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Ryu floating point output patch  (Donald Dong <xdong@csumb.edu>)
Responses Re: Ryu floating point output patch  (Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>)
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On Sunday, January 13, 2019, Donald Dong <xdong@csumb.edu> wrote:
Also I wonder why do we need to make this change?
-int                    extra_float_digits = 0; /* Added to DBL_DIG or FLT_DIG */
+int                    extra_float_digits = 1; /* Added to DBL_DIG or FLT_DIG */

From the original post:

“This version of the patch continues to use extra_float_digits to select
whether Ryu output is used - but I've also changed the default, so that
Ryu is used unless you explicitly set extra_float_digits to 0 or less.”

David J.

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