From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: view/edit large files Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:21 +0200 Message-ID: References: <86fxiuw6u7.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86zlgzqudo.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <86k583p96e.fsf@lifelogs.com> <874oz7grs0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <864oz3nyj8.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234268919 15581 80.91.229.12 (10 Feb 2009 12:28:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 10 13:29:53 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LWrkP-00014o-DB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:29:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54644 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWrj5-0008Qm-Pg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWrj0-0008QR-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWriz-0008QF-9G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52492 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWriz-0008QC-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout5.012.net.il ([84.95.2.13]:32509) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWrix-0001U4-9M; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:23 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout5.012.net.il by i_mtaout5.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KEU00C00NYYNQ00@i_mtaout5.012.net.il>; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:40 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.128.7]) by i_mtaout5.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KEU006BTNZRLF51@i_mtaout5.012.net.il>; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:40 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108954 Archived-At: > From: Miles Bader > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:23:58 +0900 > Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, Stefan Monnier , > emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > Yes, we do return a float for size. But for some attributes, like > > inode, floats are not a good idea, because inodes are habitually > > compared for exact equality. I'm not sure time values need that > > measure of accuracy, though. > > "floats" can exactly represent integers if the integer quantity fits > within the mantissa. On second thought, I don't think I agree. For example an integer number as small and "simple" as 5 does not have an exact representation as an IEEE floating-point number, right?