| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of John Maddock | Sent: 17 March 2006 19:32 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] [serialisation] reading and writing reals | | Proving the code correct is tricky though, when I've more | time I'll double | check with Knuth Vol 2 and with ACM and see if there's any | literature that can help out. The key reference seems to be William D Clinger, How to read floating point numbers accurately, http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/clinger90how.html I will try to re-read (and perhaps even understand it!) Paul -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com http://www.hetp.u-net.com/index.html http://www.hetp.u-net.com/Paul%20A%20Bristow%20info.html