| From: Vincent St-Amour (stamourv at ccs.neu.edu) Date: Mon Dec 13 12:11:00 EST 2010 |
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At Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:29:11 +0100, Jos Koot wrote: > When multiplying any number (nan and inf excepted) by exact 0, should, of > course produce exact 0. If you're multiplying an integer that may or may not be zero (say, an index) by a float, you cannot assume that the result is a float, even though in all cases but one, it will be. If you're using unsafe operations for performance reasons, this can break if you're not entirely careful. Vincent
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