[PD] 23bit t_float vs. 20bit display in Pd's integer representation

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

First I off, I forgot one thing in my analysis of the bitness of Pd's  
integers: the sign.  So its 20 bits, I forgot the bit for the sign  
( -999999 to 999999).  So this leads me to the question which Matju  
brought up: the internal representation (t_float) should be able to  
store 23 bits of integer information.  Why does Pd only display up to  
20bits on integer data?  If Pd displayed 7 digits plus sign, it would  
cover the 23 bits...

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