Your Int and Double Can Break the Bank (Literally) | Decimal in Swift |

This week, I explore the Decimal type shipped in the Foundation framework: why it exists, how it’s different from Swift’s Double or Float, and when it’s appropriate to use each of them.
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Links:
• Decimal documentation: developer.apple.com/documenta...
• NSDecimalNumber documentation: developer.apple.com/documenta...
• Decimal’s source: github.com/apple/swift-coreli...
• When should you use Decimal instead of Double: www.jessesquires.com/blog/202...
Chapters:
• 0:00 Intro
• 1:48 What’s the Problem?
• 3:35 How Is Decimal Different?
• 6:23 How Does It Work Internally?
• 8:04 Any Better Alternatives?
• 9:22 Recap
• 10:18 Outro
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