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@@ -561,11 +561,15 @@ number < atom < reference < fun < port < pid < tuple < list
<p>Lists are compared element by element. Tuples are ordered by
size, two tuples with the same size are compared element by
element.</p>
- <p>If one of the compared terms is an integer and the other a
- float, the integer is first converted into a float, unless the
- operator is one of =:= and =/=. If the integer is too big to fit
- in a float no conversion is done, but the order is determined by
- inspecting the sign of the numbers.</p>
+ <p>When comparing an integer to a float, the term with the lesser
+ precision will be converted into the other term's type, unless the
+ operator is one of =:= and =/=. A float is more precise than
+ an integer until all significant figures of the float are to the left of
+ the decimal point. This happens when the float is larger/smaller then
+ +/-9007199254740992.0. The conversion strategy is changed
+ depending on the size of the float because otherwise comparison of large
+ floats and integers would loose their transitivity.</p>
+
<p>Returns the Boolean value of the expression, <c>true</c> or
<c>false</c>.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>