[PD] int float with pure data

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> In binary (internally to pd), you can count up to 16777216. If it were 
> float64, then it'd be up to 9007199254740992. This has to do with how 
> many bits in float32 and float64 are reserved for the exponent (it 
> doesn't double from one to the other). However, when you save to a file, 
> pd joyously rounds anything above 1000000.

Actually, after how many decimal digits should pd switch to exponential 
mode? the current 6, or else 7 or 8 ?

With 8, all the precision of the float32 number is found in decimal, 
whereas with 7 (or 6), all the precision of the decimal number is found in 
the float32.

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