Re: struct stricken

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Sat, 11 Feb 1995 10:14:59 +0100

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> While I'm here, it also appears that the struct module is incapable of
> writing doubles. I can't verify it either way, 'cause I get the same
> core dump error when I try to struct.pack('d',x). Is this true? If
> so it is a major limitation for us. Floats (which are being put out
> as 4 bytes) just aren't good enough for high-accuracy trajectory
> simulation.

Don't worry, this problem will go away in Python 1.2, which is
currently in beta. If you need a fix urgently, I can send it to you.

> David Forrest
> Python novice, rocket scientist

You mean Python isn't rocket science? :-)

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