[erlang-questions] new float_to_list/2 BIF - critique wanted

[Per Melin]

Anders Nygren:
> Per Melin:
>> Dealing with large amounts of financial instrument information, where
>> response times and latency must be low, the lack of a fast usable
>> float_to_list is a huge pain.
>
> Hmm, I was under the impression that no one in their right mind would
> use floats for financial stuff. Or do You mean something that is financial
> but not money?

Not money.