[Lazarus] Problem with fpc-3.0.4 and double

zeljko zeljko at holobit.net
Wed Jan 31 19:31:56 CET 2018


On 01/31/2018 07:27 PM, Ralf Quint via Lazarus wrote:
>
> Comparing any floating point value like this is pure luck when you claim 
> that it worked in the past. In any programming language, unless maybe 
> you are using one that by default utilizes BCD floats.
> Using binary floats, there are just too many values that can't be 
> represented 100%, regardless of the length of the mantissa.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic#Accuracy_problems

Thanks Ralf, I know what is floating point arithmetic, but something is 
changed between 3.0.2 and 3.0.4 and I want to know what it is.

zeljko


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