Re: Float comparison

Keith Thompson wrote:

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A stored value of type double cannot represent the real value
1.0+DBL_EPSILON/2.0, any more than a stored value of type int
can represent the value 1.5.

So what? doubles are used to store reals, more or less. ints are
used to store integers. 1.0+DBL_EPSILON/2.0 is a real[1]. 1.5 is
NOT an integer.

[1] but not a storable real, in a double.

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