[headius]

Yeah, I went back to my code and realized there was a precision problem I had to fix for numbers approaching 64-bit minimum. Once I fixed that issue, it went back to hanging again :(

I updated the post, and I'm looking for new alternatives now.

[fedd]

maybe its okay to lose some precision as everybody knows that doubles are already inaccurate? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Accuracy_problem...

[fedd]

edit: i mean: normalize(!), check if it is textually the bad magic number, then either use builtin conversion or use your solution. a? :)