Re: [xml] Getting crazy with float parsing

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor stud fh-frankfurt de>]

Hello,

> The latest baseline of trio (v 1.7) now handles these numbers
appropriately.
> Consider the following statement
>
>   printf("%30.24f\n%30.24f\n%30.24f\n", 39413.80, 1.4, (2.0/3.0));
>
> The libc printf on my machine outputs
>
>   39413.800000000002910383045673
>       1.399999999999999911182158
>       0.666666666666666629659233
>
> whereas trio outputs
>
>   39413.800000000000000000000000
>       1.400000000000000000000000
>       0.666666666666667000000000
>
> Let me know if you want to use this, and I'll upgrade libxml to the latest
> trio baseline.


The printf in MS C-runtime 7 (XP) gives

    39413.800000000003000000000000
        1.399999999999999900000000
        0.666666666666666630000000

which is not much different to what your libc does. I believe trio should be
used here.

Ciao
Igor