[Help-smalltalk] [bug] FloatQ do not read like they print (et vice et versa)

[Nicolas Cellier]

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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    Base classes
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  nice
Updated by:   nice
Status:       active

The pi example gave me a clue.

> 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862q
sin exponent 
-61
> -1.0q arcCos sin exponent
-64

What, I lost three bits?
Hmm fairly sure about my 256bits approximation of pi though...

> -1.0q arcCos
3.1415926535897932385
> 3.1415926535897932385q
3.1415926535897932383
> 3.1415926535897932385q sin exponent
-63

Yes, there might be a problem for reading these extended precision.