[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] advdomestic.c cleanup (PR#1149)

[Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear diary, on Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 08:41:20PM CET, I got a letter, where Chris
Richards <chrisr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> told me, that...
> My second point about the original formula and the reduced formula (i.e.,
> factoring out 64 from weight before sending it into amortize()) still
> applies.  The computed cost will be 1 less due to round off error.  You can't
> factor out the 64 from weight without getting a different amortized result
> that will not scale back by multiplying 64.  The loss of precision due to
> integer math is a real factor.
Ok, I take that :). Thanks.

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