[CLN-list] converting cl_F to double?

[Bruno Haible]

Leo Liberti wrote:
> could anyone please tell me how to convert
> a cl_F to a double? I would like to write
> something like
>
>   cl_F var = 1.0;
>   double d = var;
>
> but the error is "`class cln::cl_F' used where a
> floating point value was expected".

Try
    double d = double_approx (var);

As the name indicates, this returns an approximation, because it loses
precision beyond the 16th decimal digit.

Bruno