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On 05/05/2014 00:08, Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> macro \__dim_strip_bp:n is defined in l3skip.dtx the following way:
>
> \cs_new:Npn \__dim_strip_bp:n #1
> { \__dim_strip_pt:n { 0.996 26 \__dim_eval:w #1 \__dim_eval_end: } }
>
> The calculation from bp to bp is essentially:
>
> \dimexpr 0.99626\dimexpr #1\relax\relax
>
> Of course, there will always be rounding errors, but the code
> can be improved by a scaling operation inside e-TeX's \dimexpr,
> from "The e-TeX manual":
>
> | The arithmetic operations are performed individually, except
> | for ‘scaling’ operations (a multiplication immediately followed
> | by a division) which are performed as one combined operation
> | with a 64-bit product as intermediate value.
>
> Improved version with higher precision:
>
> \cs_new:Npn \__dim_strip_bp:n #1
> {
> \__dim_strip_pt:n
> {
> \__dim_eval:w ( #1 ) * 800 / 803 \__dim_eval_end:
> }
> }
>
> * 800/803 is the integer fraction for 72/72.27
> * The parentheses around #1 ensure, that #1 is
> calculated first.
>
> Yours sincerely
> Heiko Oberdiek
>
Altered in the trunk: will feature in the next release.
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