For all values, we compute a mantissa M and an exponent E.  The mantissa
is a base-100 representation of the value.  The exponent E determines
where to put the decimal point.

Each centimal digit of the mantissa is stored in a byte.  If the
value of the centimal digit is X (hence X>=0 and X<=99) then the
byte value will be 2*X+1 for every byte of the mantissa, except
for the last byte which will be 2*X+0.




If we assume all digits of the mantissa occur to the right of the
decimal point, then the exponent E is the power of one hundred
by which one must multiply the mantissa to recover the original 
value.

Examples:
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   Value               Exponent E    Significand M (in hex)
  --------             ----------    ----------------------
    1.0                    1          02
    10.0                   1          14
    99.0                   1          b4
    99.01                  1          b5 02
    99.0001                1          b5 01 02
    100.0                  2          03 00
    100.1                  2          03 02
    100.01                 2          03 01 02
    1234                   2          19 44
    9999                   2          c7 c6
    9999.000001            2          c7 c7 01 01 02
    9999.000009            2          c7 c7 01 01 12
    9999.00001             2          c7 c7 01 01 14
................................................................................
    9999.00009             2          c7 c7 01 01 b4
    9999.000099            2          c7 c7 01 01 c6
    9999.0001              2          c7 c7 01 02
    9999.001               2          c7 c7 01 14
    9999.01                2          c7 c7 02
    9999.1                 2          c7 c7 14
    10000                  3          02
    10001                  3          03 00 02
    12345                  3          03 2f 5a
    123450                 4          19 45 64
    1234.5                 3          19 45 64 
    12.345                 2          19 45 64
    0.123                  0          19 3c
    0.0123                 0          03 2e
    0.00123               -1          19 3c

For all values, we compute a mantissa M and an exponent E.  The mantissa
is a base-100 representation of the value.  The exponent E determines
where to put the decimal point.

Each centimal digit of the mantissa is stored in a byte.  If the
value of the centimal digit is X (hence X>=0 and X<=99) then the
byte value will be 2*X+1 for every byte of the mantissa, except
for the last byte which will be 2*X+0.  The mantissa must be the
minimum number of bytes necessary to represent the value; trailing
X==0 digits are omitted.  This means that the mantissa will never
contain a byte with the value 0x00.

If we assume all digits of the mantissa occur to the right of the
decimal point, then the exponent E is the power of one hundred
by which one must multiply the mantissa to recover the original 
value.

Examples:
................................................................................
   Value               Exponent E    Significand M (in hex)
  --------             ----------    ----------------------
    1.0                    1          02
    10.0                   1          14
    99.0                   1          b4
    99.01                  1          b5 02
    99.0001                1          b5 01 02
    100.0                  2          02
    100.1                  2          03 02
    100.01                 2          03 01 02
    1234                   2          19 44
    9999                   2          c7 c6
    9999.000001            2          c7 c7 01 01 02
    9999.000009            2          c7 c7 01 01 12
    9999.00001             2          c7 c7 01 01 14
................................................................................
    9999.00009             2          c7 c7 01 01 b4
    9999.000099            2          c7 c7 01 01 c6
    9999.0001              2          c7 c7 01 02
    9999.001               2          c7 c7 01 14
    9999.01                2          c7 c7 02
    9999.1                 2          c7 c7 14
    10000                  3          02
    10001                  3          03 01 02
    12345                  3          03 2f 5a
    123450                 4          19 45 64
    1234.5                 3          19 45 64 
    12.345                 2          19 45 64
    0.123                  0          19 3c
    0.0123                 0          03 2e
    0.00123               -1          19 3c