Smallest float different from 0.0?

[Xavier Ho]

This topic came up before. =] See below. Not sure how 'standardised' this
is, though.

Double precision:

>>> import struct
>>> struct.unpack('d', struct.pack('Q', 1))[0]
4.9406564584124654e-324

Float precision:

>>> struct.unpack('f', struct.pack('L', 1))[0]
1.4012984643248171e-45

Cheers,
Xavier
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