Le 09.09.2007 17:55, Woody nous fit lire :
> Does anybody know of a way, short of modifying the sourcecode, to increase
> the numerical precision that pov ray uses.
> 
> For example say I need to calculate 1/3 to the 100th decimal place. I
> believe it goes upto maybe the 8th or sixteenth place?
> 
> Is there some ini option that can do this?
> 
> What about declaring the value as you want it.
> i.e. instead of writing
> #declcare my_var = 1/3;
> 
> declare it as
> #declare my_var = 0.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333;
> 
> Would this do anything or would it truncate after a certain decimal spot?

I think you need some lecture on computer float representation and
binaries.
Only things like Mathematica keep number as strings of text.

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