Re: Do we have a floatingpoint bug?

No, but maybe for calculations that need a few tens of digits. If "nobody" needs more digits than Math.pi provides (6, or what is it?) then there's no point in having a pi function that generates more digits at all.

The whole question of Pi functions originated with Martin asking how to get pi into a Gmp.mpf in text 9797873. So far nobody has requested functionality for getting (a decimal representation of) pi into a string.

/ Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!)

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2003-03-21 22:34: Subject: Re: Do we have a floatingpoint bug?

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you hardly need more than Math.pi digits for normal calculations that you'd do in Pike. I don't anyone would use Pike for calculations that needs thousands and thousands of digits.

/ David Hedbor