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Add Next And Previous Floats as a ruby til.

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# Next And Previous Floats
The `Float` class has two interesting methods for stepping forward or
backwards through the numbers that can actually be *represented* by floats.
This is handy since floats are not evenly spaced.
Use `#next_float` to go forward
```ruby
> 2.0
=> 2.0
> _.next_float
=> 2.0000000000000004
> _.next_float
=> 2.000000000000001
> _.next_float
=> 2.0000000000000013
> _.next_float
=> 2.0000000000000018
```
Use `#prev_float` to go backwards
```ruby
> 2.0
=> 2.0
> _.prev_float
=> 1.9999999999999998
> _.prev_float
=> 1.9999999999999996
> _.prev_float
=> 1.9999999999999993
> _.prev_float
=> 1.9999999999999991
```
I cannot think of any practical use cases, but it is fun to know they are
there if you need them.