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Re: [xsl] floor() and idiv

2008-11-06 15:55:59
"Andrew" == Andrew Welch 
<andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:

    >> You've lost me - we were talking about integer division, I
    >> thought.

    Andrew> 1000000000000000000000000000000001 is just too big for an
    Andrew> 32 bit integer...  (I think that's why DC chose it)

There is nothing that says you have to use a 32-bit integer.

    >> If you are talking about xs:double, compared with xs:decimal,
    >> then yes. But I don't see how that comes into the problem.

    Andrew> I think it's the problem of representing a decimal:

    Andrew> http://speleotrove.com/decimal/decifaq1.html#inexact

That's talking about representing decimals in floating-point binary -
but you can't do that for xs:decimal -it's not allowed.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire

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