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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Strange behaviour of string_of_float
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; bunzli:01 buenzli:01 serialize:01 integers:01 integers:01 deserialize:01 caml-list:01 int:01 int:01 behaviour:01 binary:02 string:02 float:03 float:03 daniel:04 

Richard gave you the reason.

If you can serialize to binary, you can acheive what you want by  
serializing the 64 bits integers you get with Int64.bits_of_float and  
applying Int64.float_of_bits to the integers you deserialize.

Best,

Daniel