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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Comparing floats

On 07/23/2015 10:35 AM, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> What's the most efficient way to compare floats, please?
> Is it the polymorphic compare function, or is there a more specialized
> version of it?
>
> I saw Float.compare mentionned on the web but that does not seem to exist
> any longer?

It exists in Batteries for sure and in Core I believe.

Also, maybe you can define:

let cmp_f (x: float) (y: float) = x -. y

> Thanks,
>
> Sébastien.
>

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Regards,
Francois.
"When in doubt, use more types"