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Re: SET FORMAT default

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From	Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
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Am 10.10.2019 um 23:19 schrieb layzarc@aol.com:
> But does that really help if the value being printed comes from a single precision "float"?  I guess what I'm asking does Gnuplot use "double" floating point thoughout the SPLOT contour calculation and its printing to the TABLE? 

gnuplot has been using double precison fp math since some time in
the last century I think.

If the contour calculation doesnt, that would constitute a bug. Do
you have evidence for that?

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SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 11:29 -0700
  Re: SET FORMAT default Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2019-10-10 20:56 +0200
    Re: SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 12:16 -0700
      Re: SET FORMAT default Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-10-10 22:26 +0200
        Re: SET FORMAT default layzarc@aol.com - 2019-10-10 14:19 -0700
          Re: SET FORMAT default Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-10-10 23:57 +0200
            Re: SET FORMAT default Ethan Merritt <eamerritt@gmail.com> - 2019-10-12 00:06 +0000

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