[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138920] Precision issue in calc

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138920

--- Comment #11 from Eike Rathke <erack at redhat.com> ---
You seem to not understand. Once the value is in the IEEE 754 binary format
there are no "8 decimal places" to use.

It's about sufficient precision and rounding when converting from binary
floating-point to the decimal display string.

See also https://erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#010203
Or if you want to dive deep into then
https://erack.de/bookmarks/D.html#Computer_Arithmetic_and_IEEE_754

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