[PD] 32bit integer float

[Enrique Erne]

On Mar 25, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Tim Blechmann wrote:

>> 3.question
>> is 0.4 in [== 0.4] a 32bit float?
>
> no, because there is no possibility to encode 0.4 as a floating point
> number without rounding ... an equality test only makes sense, if a
> number can be encoded as floating point number and it's sure, you're
> experiencing rounding problems ...


wouldn't it make sense if the 0.4 in [== 0.4] got encoded _with_ 
rounding?
I mean that _all_ numbers in pd get encoded _with_ rounding.

or is there an advantage that i.e. the number in [==] is not a 32bit 
float ?