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Re: Microseconds rollover?

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Subject: Re: Microseconds rollover?
From: Matthias Buercher <reader at belle-nuit dot com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:58:36 +0200
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References: <416AE383-8C7E-4DCB-8C20-DE1CCDCFBDA4 at mobleybros dot com> <61C2F31C-C153-4998-91A8-E3F02F924EA3 at declareSub dot com> <EC8905A0-D1D5-41D5-BBEC-A9E73FFD4AEC at mobleybros dot com> <7D012521-3005-4404-AA30-397FBB068B10 at declareSub dot com>
this is an interesting remark. but if the internal value that creates the microseconds value is also only a double, then there will not be a rollover but a stop, because it cannot add 1 any more. hypothetical, maybe it is much more precise internally.

matthias

On 31 août 06, at 18:30, Charles Yeomans wrote:

A correction -- it isn't rollover that will happen, but you'll lose precision.

Charles Yeomans

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