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[WIP] Fix the failing GitHub Actions job on macOS-latest
Stabilize macOS release CI for tiny floating-point FITS round trips
Sep 14, 2026
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macOS-latest (release)Actions job was failing intest_Rfits.Ron tiny floating-point round trips (-1e-300) that were numerically equal but not bitwise identical on macOS. This change narrows the fix to the flaky assertions without changing the underlying read/write behavior.Root cause
expect_identical()was used for tiny double round trips that can vary in representation across platforms.-1e-300cases in the script-styletestthatfile.Change
Scope
tests/testthat/test_Rfits.R.