--- gforth/float.fs	2002/10/27 09:57:10	1.37
+++ gforth/float.fs	2002/12/05 19:25:23	1.39
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ DOES> ( -- r )
     \G floating-point stack.
     fp0 @ fp@ - [ 1 floats ] Literal / ;
 
-: FLit ( -- r )  r> dup f@ float+ >r ;
 : FLiteral ( compilation r -- ; run-time -- r ) \ float f-literal
     \G Compile appropriate code such that, at run-time, @i{r} is placed
     \G on the (floating-point) stack. Interpretation semantics are undefined.
-    BEGIN  here cell+ dup faligned <>  WHILE  postpone noop  REPEAT
-    postpone FLit  f, ;  immediate
+    BEGIN  here cell+ cell+ dup faligned <>  WHILE  postpone noop  REPEAT
+    postpone ahead here >r f, postpone then
+    r> postpone literal postpone f@ ;  immediate
 
 &15 Value precision ( -- u ) \ float-ext
 \G @i{u} is the number of significant digits currently used by
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ set-current
 	fnegate f~rel
     THEN ;
 
-2e 53e f** fconstant fround-offset \ !! does f** work correctly?
+1e 53 0 [do] f2* [loop] fconstant fround-offset \ 2^53
 
 : fround ( r1 -- r2 ) \ float f-round
 \G Round to nearest integral value.  Break ties with round-to-even.