Re: integer or float?

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yeah, fair enough, I concede the point.  we see the internal
> representation there, I suppose it could be a design decision

It should be noted that you're seeing an effect of FORCE_FLOAT.

A scalar (string) forced to floating point by math

% setopt force_float
% i=1
% print $i
1
% ((i=1))
% print $i
1.

Vs. a parameter created (not merely assigned) by a math expression

% setopt force_float
% ((j=1))
% print $j
1.0000000000

(ten decimal places is the default if not declared)

Vs. a parameter declared floating point (force_float irrelevant!)

% typeset -F f
% ((f=1))
% print $f
1.0000000000
% typeset -F 2 f
% print $f
1.00

Vs. a parameter declared integer (force_float irrelevant)

% integer k
% ((k=1.3))
% print $k
1