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fread could read integers > 2^63 as character #1618

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fread could read integers > 2^63 as character#1618
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@mattdowle
mattdowle
opened on Apr 1, 2016

Integers greater than 19 digits (the max for int64) could be read as character rather than double, to preserve the precision.
As highlighted here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32339636/long-numbers-as-a-character-string

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  1. mattdowle
    changed the title [-]fread should read numbers [/-] [+]fread could read integers > 2^63 as character[/+] on Apr 1, 2016
  2. jangorecki
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    on Apr 12, 2016
  3. mattdowle
    added this to the milestone on Sep 8, 2017
  4. mattdowle
    closed this as completedin #2344on Sep 8, 2017
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