l_fp, time, calendar

[Hal Murray]

gem at rellim.com said:
>> Isn't that as simple as convert a 64 bit integer to float and divide
>> by 1<<32 to get the right scale?
> Nope.  Loss of precision.  A double only has 52 bits of significant digits.
> A float only 23.  To fully encode a 64 bit int you need a long double with
> (usually) 80 significant bits.

Thanks.

Is there something I can say in python to get more precision?  How widely is 
it supported?

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