bug#75994: "seq -w" is broken for large enough numbers

coreutils 9.3, 9.5 Steps to reproduce: # 21 digits $ seq 1 1 3 1 2 3 $ seq -w 1 1 3

bug#75994: "seq -w" is broken for large enough numbers

On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 08:01:18PM +, Pádraig Brady wrote: > With -w seq will use long doubles internally, > which usually have a 64 bit significand. > I.e. once you go above 2^64, you get approximations of integers. > > Now we could adjust seq to use the "ASCII" increment method > in this cas