Fixes #252, incorrect math computing half digits #475
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…gits Based on float / double math for base 10 digits, with 1 bit of rounding error, the equation should be floor( mantissa_digits - 1 ) * log10(2) ), which in the case of half becomes floor( 10 * log10(2) ) or 3 Signed-off-by: Kimball Thurston <kdt3rd@gmail.com>
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Based on float / double math for base 10 digits, with 1 bit of rounding
error, the equation should be floor( mantissa_digits - 1 ) * log10(2) ),
which in the case of half becomes floor( 10 * log10(2) ) or 3
Signed-off-by: Kimball Thurston kdt3rd@gmail.com