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-rw-r--r--kernel/float64.ml13
-rw-r--r--kernel/float64.mli4
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/float64.ml b/kernel/float64.ml
index 72f0d83359..5160d32892 100644
--- a/kernel/float64.ml
+++ b/kernel/float64.ml
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ let is_nan f = f <> f
let is_infinity f = f = infinity
let is_neg_infinity f = f = neg_infinity
-(* OCaml give a sign to nan values which should not be displayed as all nan are
- * considered equal *)
-let to_string f = if is_nan f then "nan" else string_of_float f
+(* Printing a binary64 float in 17 decimal places and parsing it again
+ will yield the same float. We assume [to_string_raw] is not given a
+ [nan] as input. *)
+let to_string_raw f = Printf.sprintf "%.17g" f
+
+(* OCaml gives a sign to nan values which should not be displayed as
+ all NaNs are considered equal here *)
+let to_string f = if is_nan f then "nan" else to_string_raw f
let of_string = float_of_string
(* Compiles a float to OCaml code *)
@@ -30,6 +35,8 @@ let compile f =
let of_float f = f
+let sign f = copysign 1. f < 0.
+
let opp = ( ~-. )
let abs = abs_float
diff --git a/kernel/float64.mli b/kernel/float64.mli
index 927594115e..acc3a556ab 100644
--- a/kernel/float64.mli
+++ b/kernel/float64.mli
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Beware: NaNs have a sign and a payload, while they should be
indistinguishable from Coq's perspective. *)
type t
+(** Test functions for special values to avoid calling [classify] *)
val is_nan : t -> bool
val is_infinity : t -> bool
val is_neg_infinity : t -> bool
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ val compile : t -> string
val of_float : float -> t
+(** Return [true] for "-", [false] for "+". *)
+val sign : t -> bool
+
val opp : t -> t
val abs : t -> t