in reply to Re^2: Perl 5.8.x floating point representation error
in thread Perl 5.8.x floating point representation error

Try it this way (notice the quotes): 

use Math::BigFloat;

Math::BigFloat->accuracy(32);
Math::BigFloat->precision(-32);

$test = Math::BigFloat->new('0.99999999976716932');

print $test;

0.99999999976716932000000000000000

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