On 24.10.2014 20:54, Andrea Faulds wrote: >> On 24 Oct 2014, at 19:52, Marc Bennewitz <php@mabe.berlin> wrote: >>> Floats are special, they are not expected to be precise. If we reject this, >>> then perhaps we should also reject 0.1, because it can’t be precisely >>> represented by a float? >> It's a difference casting string to float or int to float. >> Floats are often used to make sure an argument is a valid number but >> this results in data loss incl. on internal functions. > You’re not using the right function, then. That's not the point! We already have casting functions what will work in all cases even on data loss. I thought you are proposing "safe" casting functions with no data loss. If not, what are you proposing ?
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