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Looks like this snuck into the 1.11 release notes post-release, but float support isn't actually present until 1.12.
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.12">
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<title>Release 1.12 (TBA)</title>
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<para>This release has the following new features:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>It is no longer necessary to set the
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<envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> environment variable if you need to use
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the Nix daemon. Nix will use the daemon automatically if you don’t
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have write access to the Nix database.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
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based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
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existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
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from JSON and XML works, too.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>This release has contributions from TBD.</para>
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</section>
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