On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Jason Rutherglen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in using NumberUtils to encode any number into a sortable > double. Once encoded will the lexicographic sorting work on any precision? > If I store 47.44444444 and 48.22 may I assume that the order will be > correct? I ask this questions because doubleToRawLongBits is called to > convert a double into a long first and I am not an expert at bit level math.
Yes, 100% of the bits of the double are preserved. -Yonik
