[Scilab-users] display of complex/not real numbers, again

[Samuel Gougeon]

Le 13/09/2019 à 16:59, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
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> Le 13/09/2019 à 16:52, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :
>> Le 13/09/2019 à 14:22, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
>>>
>>> However, as I already said it elsewhere, some glitches such as the 
>>> following  one do occur (see the display of whole x)
>>>
>>> --> x=1:0.1:2
>>>  x  =
>>>    1.   1.1   1.2   1.3   1.4   1.5   1.6   1.7000000 1.8   1.9   2.
>>>
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>> I agree with Christophe. This output is OK for me. Aestheticism must 
>> be encouraged provided that it does not truncate or downgrade the 
>> information.
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>> About padding every number: Not OK. This would kill one of the assets 
>> of the "v" format: its compacity.
>>
>> About the fact that 1.7 can't be exactly encoded: It is very 
>> surprising for a so limited decimal number. But OK. I am also quite 
>> surprised that, in this series, only 1.7 can't be exactly encoded.
>>
> bitstring allows to see that only 1, 1.5 and 2 are exactly encoded
>

So, question: Why 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 and 1.9 are displayed without 
trailing 0, while 1.7 is?
The argument/explanation according to which 1.7 can't be exactly encoded 
does not tell all...