change meter reading from real to float #651
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Description
The meter table added for v0.7.0 stores the last seen reading uploaded to OED . This value was a real. It is being changed from a real (32-bit) to a float (64-bit) for several reasons:
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Note that no migration is being provided since this is all within the v0.7.0 release. A note will be posted to developers about what to do if they are inflight.
While this fix addresses the issue on meter readings, it does not address the parallel issue that reading values are real and not float. That is more complex but at least does not involve raw/cumulative values being stored. Issue #650 addresses that.