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Histogram mean becomes NaN as sum becomes too large

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#13 opened on May 24, 2012

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I have one metric based on a Histogram with about 90000 entries. The sum becomes huge... and the mean becomes NaN. Actually it becomes a strange number followed by NaNNaNNaN. e.g..

653238.5-217636.16666666666NaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaN...

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Investigate the histogram sum calculation for overflow or floating point precision issues. Check if the sum is being converted to a 32 bit integer or if a large sum causes NaN due to string conversion.
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