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[Caml-list] string_of_float less accurate than sprintf "%f" ?

Beck01, Wolfgang
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From:	Francois Thomasset <francois.thomasset@i...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] string_of_float less accurate than sprintf "%f" ?

> Beck01, Wolfgang wrote:
> 
> There's another problem too:
> 
> # string_of_float 42.0;;
> - : string = "42"
> 
> The result isn't an ocaml float literal.
> 
Is it not?
# float_of_string (string_of_float 42.0);;
- : float = 42
So if you know that there is a float in the string, it is a float isn't it?

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