Converting rationals, long double and integers

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On 12/03/13 20:34, Marc Glisse wrote:
> If the exponent doesn't overflow, you can convert to a double, subtract
> that double (converted to mpq or mpf), convert what remains to double,
> etc. You can then convert those 2 or 3 double to long double and sum them.

Thank you, that seems like it should work. I was concerned about the
rounding of the first double, but if I subtract it from the
high-precision value again any rounding error will be restored in the
second double.  I'll have to think of a way to do higher exponents.

Do you know if inclusion of long long or long double is something coming
to GMP?


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