[New-bugs-announce] [issue12450] Use the Grisu algorithms to convert floats to strings

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

New submission from Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa at gmail.com>:

Reported by Michael Ford in msg139402:
http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2011/06/29/here-be-dragons-advances-in-problems-you-didnt-even-know-you-had/
describes a new algorithm for float<->str conversions.

It would be interesting to see if it is better/faster than the current dtoa.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 139466
nosy: amaury.forgeotdarc, mark.dickinson, michael.foord, rhettinger
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Use the Grisu algorithms to convert floats to strings
type: feature request

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