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+namespace java thrift.test
+namespace cpp thrift.test
+
+// more tests on double constants (precision and type checks)
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_INT_CONSTANT_TEST = 1
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_NEGATIVE_INT_CONSTANT_TEST = -100
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_LARGEST_INT_CONSTANT_TEST = 9223372036854775807
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_SMALLEST_INT_CONSTANT_TEST = -9223372036854775807
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_DOUBLE_WITH_MANY_DECIMALS_TEST = 3.14159265359
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_FRACTIONAL_DOUBLE_TEST = 1000000.1
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_NEGATIVE_FRACTIONAL_DOUBLE_TEST = -1000000.1
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_LARGE_DOUBLE_TEST = 1.7e+308
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_LARGE_FRACTIONAL_DOUBLE_TEST = 9223372036854775816.43
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_SMALL_DOUBLE_TEST = -1.7e+308
+const double DOUBLE_ASSIGNED_TO_NEGATIVE_BUT_LARGE_FRACTIONAL_DOUBLE_TEST = -9223372036854775816.43
+
+const list<double> DOUBLE_LIST_TEST = [1,-100,100,9223372036854775807,-9223372036854775807,3.14159265359,1000000.1,-1000000.1,1.7e+308,-1.7e+308,9223372036854775816.43,-9223372036854775816.43]