New milestone float formatting [LoL] (Was: Request for comments, Novacore the sequel to ISO modules)

Hi,
To capture some critical examples of float to string
conversion I went with this kind of little excess
precision and had this float to string conversion:
          return shape_number(num.toPrecision(17));
Which gives this unfortunate result, still in release
1.2.1 of Dogelog Player for JavaScript seen:
?- between(1,10,N), X is (20+N)/10, write(X), nl, fail; true.
2.1000000000000001
2.2000000000000002
2.2999999999999998
2.3999999999999999
2.5
2.6000000000000001
2.7000000000000002
2.7999999999999998
2.8999999999999999
3.0
One work around is to check whether precision 16 would
also work. Like this code here:
         let res = num.toPrecision(16);
         if (Number(res) === num) {
             return shape_number(res);
         } else {
             return shape_number(num.toPrecision(17));
         }
The results are much more eye friendly:
?- between(1,10,N), X is (20+N)/10, write(X), nl, fail; true.
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0
true.
Can we accept this solution? Will it slow down printing?
Mild Shock schrieb:

The new multilingual strings are also an exercise in
Novacore. There were a few issues that needed novel
Prolog solutions, to make a Novacore solution.
 One problem was I didn't want to use library(format)
and format/3 to format multilingual strings when
generating error messages. This addresses more
 the later multilingual strings processing than the
multilingual strings store itself. So how resolve this
paradox? Here is my take, a mini format/3 boostraped
 from the Dogelog Player specific atom_split/3:
 % sys_inter_polate(+Stream, +Atom, +List)
sys_inter_polate(Stream, Template, Args) :-
    atom_split(Template, '~', [Head|Tail]),
    put_atom(Stream, Head),
    sys_zipper_output(Args, Tail, Stream).
 % sys_zipper_output(+List, +List, +Stream)
sys_zipper_output([Arg|Args], [Head|Tail], Stream) :-
    writeq(Stream, Arg),
    put_atom(Stream, Head),
    sys_zipper_output(Args, Tail, Stream).
sys_zipper_output([], [], _).
 It only understands format specifier '~', but is sufficient:
 /* German Text */
strings('syntax_error.singleton_var', de, 'Alleinstehende Variable(n) ~, anonyme Variable(n) (_) benutzen.').
 /* English and Fallback Text */
strings('syntax_error.singleton_var', '', 'Singleton variable(s) ~, use anonymous variable(s) (_).').
 LoL