double.min - should be 5e-324?

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 05.12.2010 0:22, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> Well,  to keep things short, double.min returns something weird.
> See the following for demonstration:
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main(){
>     double r = double.max, r2 = double.min;
>     writeln(r);//1.79769e+308
>     r *= 2;//test if it's max
>     writeln(r); // infinity, ok
>
>     writeln(r2);//2.22507e-308, wtf ?
>     r2 /= 2.0;
>     writeln(r2);// 1.11254e-308, a logical consequence of above
>
>     double dmin = 5e-324;
>     writeln(dmin);// 4.94066e-324
>     dmin /= 2.0;
>     writefln(dmin);// 0
> }
>
the last line should be:
writeln(dmin); //0

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky