James,

Sorry for not clear problem statement,
Yes, the unexpected result is that the float number isn't the same, after
adding to FloatArray.

Thanks,
Nikolay

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:18 AM, James Foster <Smalltalk at jgfoster.net>wrote:

> On Dec 20, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Nikolay Suslov wrote:
>
>  Hello,
>>
>> It is a bug.. or?
>>
>
> A misunderstanding.
>
>  FloatArray newFrom: {0.938611557944869}.
>> Expecting result is the entered float number, but evaluating gives - a
>> FloatArray(0.938611567020416).
>>
>
> Float has the following class comment: "My instances represent IEEE-754
> floating-point double-precision numbers."
> FloatArray has the following class comment: "FloatArrays store 32bit IEEE
> floating point numbers."
>
> I think what you are seeing is the conversion of 64-bit floating point to
> 32-bit floating point. Sorry for the initial confusion about your expected
> result.
>
> James
>
>  Nikolay
>>
>
>
>
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