[Python-ideas] Hexadecimal floating literals

[Rob Cliffe]

On 22/09/2017 02:32, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> Are there actually any Python implementations or builds which have
> floats not equal to 64 bits? If not, perhaps it is time to make 64 bit
> floats a language guarantee.
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This will be unfortunate when Intel bring out a processor with 256-bit 
floats (or by "64 bit" do you mean "at least 64 bit"?).  Hm, is there an 
analog of Moore's law that says the number of floating-point bits 
doubles every X years? :-)

Unrelated thought:  Users might be unsure if the exponent in a 
hexadecimal float is in decimal or in hex.

Rob Cliffe