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Lead to inaccurate comparison, using EPSILON to correct. #350

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@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ void RateMeter::update(double amount, const struct timeval *now) {
interval = MAX(current_rate_history, diff);
else
interval = TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(*now, start_tv) / 1000000.0;
assert(diff <= interval);
assert(diff <= interval + std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon());
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After investigation it seems like this is not an accurate method for comparaison between doubles less than 1.0, and it is possible to obtain interval == 0.0 so it may not be accurate enough for this comparaison. At https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/, the author explains how float(pi)+sin(float(pi)) is more accurate than float(pi) to pi. I would suggest to compare double(interval)+sin(double(interval)) to double(diff)+sin(double(diff))... but I didn't check if the results would be in fact more accurate. What do you think?

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ghost commented Jul 16, 2016

Hello @devnexen, after some tests, it seems like your suggestion is the most accurate one among a few others. I will thus publish your commit soon by crediting it to you. Talk to you soon and thank you for the contribution!

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@W0naN0w Would you mind publishing as a gist and linking here the test code you used to determine what methods were accurate for comparison here?

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ghost commented Jul 20, 2016

@dmiller-nmap Of course! Sorry for yesterday I had a rough day. Here is the test I used to come to this conclusion: Gist link. You can find the output of the tests at the same place: Gist output link.
I hope it's what you were looking for, because I don't really know how to make a clearer test.

@nmap-bot nmap-bot closed this in c104245 Oct 16, 2016
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