Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> writes:
>    > Log Message:
>    > Don't ever add a ".0" to a single digit number.
>    
>    Why is .0 wrong when .1 would be okay? I can see not wanting to do 1.0
>    bytes (where it would be silly), but if a decimal makes sense in some
>    contexts, why not in others? Shouldn't we just be following normal
>    scientific significant digits rules?
>
> well, considering this is about _humanising_ a number...
> i don't think that we do that at all.

Perhaps I'm not human, but I find randomly shifting numbers of
significant digits confusing...

Perry