On 05/21/2018 05:13 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 21.05.2018 um 22:35 schrieb clipka:
> 
>> I think that's a path worthwhile exploring further. My suggestion would
>> be to use a macro - say "PRECISION_FLOAT" - to define a type to be used
> 
> Make that `PRECISE_FLOAT`; fits better with a series of similar types
> already in use, `PreciseColourChannel`, `PreciseRGBColour` etc., which
> are used for colour-ish data where `float` is not enough, most notably
> the SSLT code. (Obviously, there the data type of choice is `double`,
> and does suffice.)
> 

OK. Will go for PRECISE_FLOAT and plan to define it in 
./base/configbase.h along with DBL and SNGL.

Further - for now - I plan to use it only in polysolve() and its 
sub-functions with conversions from and to DBL on entry and exit as I 
implemented the 128bit polysolve().

Bill P.

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