[Fwd: Two bugs in one (fwd)]



--- Stavros Macrakis  wrote:

> The conversion of floats to fractions is controlled by the global
> parameter ratepsilon.  By default, this is 2.0e-8.  I have argued for
> a long time that this should be much smaller, perhaps 1.0e-15 (5
> ulps).

Are there any downsides anyone can see to this?  If not, I move we
change it pronto.  

CY


		
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