toRational (0.9). Reply

[S.D.Mechveliani]

People wrote about   toRational (0.9) == 9%10  = False 
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Probably, the source of a `bug' is a language agreement that the 
input is in decimal representation (`0.9') and its meaning is a 
floating approximation in _binary_ representation.
For example,  1%5  yields a finite mantissa in decimal representation 
and an infinite (periodic) mantissa for the binary representation of  
toBinary(1%5) = 1B % 1001B.
Therefore applying toRational to any finite float approximation 
(Double, or other) of 1%5 does not return 1%5.

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Serge Mechveliani
mechvel@botik.ru