why Float::MIN? is positive

[meruby]

Shouldn't Float::MIN = -Float::MIN?

 

[meruby]

Sorry for typo in previouse post:
Shouldn't Float::MIN = -Float::MAX

 

[Charles Mills]

Sorry for typo in previouse post:
Shouldn't Float::MIN = -Float::MAX

Float::MIN is the smallest number > 0 that can be represented by a
Float. Usefull I guess if you need to represent really small values.

Float objects are basically a wrapper around a C double.

on my system it is:

irb(main):001:0> Float::MIN
=> 2.2250738585072e-308

which is in the float.h header as
#define __DBL_MIN__ 2.2250738585072014e-308

-Charlie