--- a/Float.st Thu Jun 06 18:03:56 2019 +0200
+++ b/Float.st Thu Jun 06 18:04:06 2019 +0200
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@
!
precision
- "answer the precision of a Float (in bits)
+ "answer the precision (the number of bits in the mantissa) of a Float (in bits)
This is an IEEE double, where only the fraction from the normalized mantissa is stored
and so there is a hidden bit and the mantissa is actually represented
by 53 binary digits (although only 52 are needed in the binary representation)"
@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@
self numBitsInMantissa + 1
self precision
"
+
+ "Modified (comment): / 06-06-2019 / 13:23:58 / Claus Gittinger"
!
radix