[ clisp-Bugs-1790496 ] float format directive ~ve prints spurious digits

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Bugs item #1790496, was opened at 2007-09-07 18:28
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Category: clisp
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier)
Assigned to: Bruno Haible (haible)
Summary: float format directive ~ve prints spurious digits

Initial Comment:
Observed in Clisp 2.39 on Linux:

[1]> (format t "~ve~%" 21 46d7)
 => 4.5999999999999996d+8

Note that 46d7 is an integer which can be represented exactly as a double float.


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