diff --git a/phpunit/code/float-declaration-metadata.php b/phpunit/code/float-declaration-metadata.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df6bae19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/float-declaration-metadata.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+class FloatDeclarationContainer
+{
+    public const float POSITIVE_INF = INF;
+    public const float NEGATIVE_INF = -INF;
+    public const float NOT_A_NUMBER = NAN;
+    public const float CONST_E = M_E;
+    public const float CONST_ONE_POINT_FIVE = 1.5;
+
+    public float $property_e = M_E;
+    public float $property_inf = INF;
+    public float $property_nan = NAN;
+    public float $property_one_point_five = 1.5;
+}
+
+function main(): void
+{
+}
diff --git a/phpunit/code/float-literal-special.php b/phpunit/code/float-literal-special.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8df4929b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/float-literal-special.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+function get_special_floats(): array
+{
+    return [
+        1.0,
+        0.0,
+        INF,
+        -INF,
+        NAN,
+        M_E,
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/phpunit/src/CompilerBaseApiTest.php b/phpunit/src/CompilerBaseApiTest.php
index 9ae09b1b..f6629b2c 100644
--- a/phpunit/src/CompilerBaseApiTest.php
+++ b/phpunit/src/CompilerBaseApiTest.php
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public function testWindowsIntegerLiteralSuffixForGeneratedCValues(): void
 
     public function testGeneratedCValuesAreAlwaysSourceCodeStrings(): void
     {
-        $this->assertSame((string) M_E, $this->invokeMethod('genCValue', M_E));
+        $this->assertSame(M_E, (float) $this->invokeMethod('genCValue', M_E));
         $this->assertSame('1', $this->invokeMethod('genCValue', true));
         $this->assertSame('0', $this->invokeMethod('genCValue', false));
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public function testGeneratedCValuesAreAlwaysSourceCodeStrings(): void
             new \PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch(new \PhpParser\Node\Name('M_E'))
         );
         $this->assertIsString($code);
-        $this->assertSame((string) M_E, $code);
+        $this->assertSame(M_E, (float) $code);
     }
 
     public function testNumericStringIdentifiersGenerateSourceCodeStrings(): void
diff --git a/phpunit/src/Generator/UtilsTest.php b/phpunit/src/Generator/UtilsTest.php
index cc2264ea..c7dc7a46 100644
--- a/phpunit/src/Generator/UtilsTest.php
+++ b/phpunit/src/Generator/UtilsTest.php
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public function testGenCValueInt(): void
     public function testGenCValueFloat(): void
     {
         $result = $this->invokeMethod('genCValue', 3.14);
-        $this->assertSame((string) 3.14, $result);
+        $this->assertSame(3.14, (float) $result);
+        $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/[.E]/i', $result);
     }
 
     public function testGenCValueBool(): void
diff --git a/phpunit/src/OperatorTest.php b/phpunit/src/OperatorTest.php
index 3afa9d9f..09c2bdff 100644
--- a/phpunit/src/OperatorTest.php
+++ b/phpunit/src/OperatorTest.php
@@ -85,4 +85,81 @@ public function testLiteralModuloAssignByZeroDoesNotCompile(): void
     {
         $this->exec('Cannot divide or modulo by zero', 'assign-modulo-by-zero.php');
     }
+
+    public function testFloatLiteralSpecialValuesAndWholeNumbers(): void
+    {
+        $previous = ini_set('precision', '14');
+        try {
+            global $translator;
+            $compiler = \TypePhp\CompilerTest::create(TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH);
+            $translator = $compiler;
+            $testFile = __DIR__ . '/../code/float-literal-special.php';
+            $compiler->addFiles([$testFile]);
+            $compiler->prepareFile($testFile);
+            $cppFile = $compiler->convertFile($testFile);
+            $cpp = file_get_contents($cppFile);
+        } finally {
+            if ($previous !== false) {
+                ini_set('precision', $previous);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('1.0', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('0.0', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('-std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('2.7182818284590451', $cpp);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('2.718281828459)', $cpp);
+    }
+
+    public function testFloatDeclarationMetadataIgnoresHostPrecisionAndHandlesSpecialValues(): void
+    {
+        $previous = ini_set('precision', '14');
+        try {
+            global $translator;
+            $compiler = \TypePhp\CompilerTest::create(TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH);
+            $translator = $compiler;
+            $testFile = TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH . '/phpunit/code/float-declaration-metadata.php';
+            $compiler->addFiles([$testFile]);
+            $compiler->prepareFile($testFile);
+            $compiler->convertFile($testFile);
+            $arginfoHeader = $compiler->getArgInfoHeaderFile($testFile);
+            $arginfo = file_get_contents($arginfoHeader);
+            $extension = file_get_contents($compiler->genExtension());
+        } finally {
+            if ($previous !== false) {
+                ini_set('precision', $previous);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('ZVAL_DOUBLE(&const_POSITIVE_INF_value, std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity());', $arginfo);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('ZVAL_DOUBLE(&const_NEGATIVE_INF_value, -std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity());', $arginfo);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('ZVAL_DOUBLE(&const_NOT_A_NUMBER_value, std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN());', $arginfo);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('ZVAL_DOUBLE(&const_CONST_E_value, 2.7182818284590451);', $arginfo);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('ZVAL_DOUBLE(&const_CONST_ONE_POINT_FIVE_value, 1.5);', $arginfo);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('2.718281828459);', $arginfo);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('php::toFloat(2.7182818284590451)', $extension);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('php::toFloat(std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity())', $extension);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('php::toFloat(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())', $extension);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('2.718281828459)', $extension);
+    }
+
+    public function testFloatLiteralEmissionIsLocaleIndependent(): void
+    {
+        $previousLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8', 'da_DK.UTF-8', 'en_DK.utf8');
+        try {
+            global $translator;
+            $compiler = \TypePhp\CompilerTest::create(TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH);
+            $translator = $compiler;
+            $result = $compiler->genFloatLiteral(1.5);
+            $this->assertSame('1.5', $result);
+            $this->assertStringNotContainsString(',', $result);
+        } finally {
+            if ($previousLocale !== false) {
+                setlocale(LC_ALL, $previousLocale);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/CompilerBase.php b/src/CompilerBase.php
index c5327c65..29e11025 100644
--- a/src/CompilerBase.php
+++ b/src/CompilerBase.php
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ protected function getBoolValue(Expr\ConstFetch $expr): string
     protected array $linkPaths = [];   // --link-path / -L: user-specified library search paths
     /** @var list<string> Required PHP modules recorded in zend_module_entry.deps. */
     protected array $extensionDependencies = [];
-    protected int $floatPrecision = 17;
     protected bool $debug = false;
     protected bool $formatCode = false;   // --format: enable clang-format (disabled by default)
     protected bool $printBacktraceOnError = true;
@@ -4246,18 +4245,7 @@ protected function parseInclude(Expr\Include_ $expr): string
 
     protected function parseScalarFloat(Node\Scalar\Float_ $expr): string
     {
-        $value = $expr->value;
-
-        if (is_nan($value)) {
-            return self::VALUE_NAN;
-        }
-        if (is_infinite($value)) {
-            return $value > 0 ? self::VALUE_INF : '-' . self::VALUE_INF;
-        }
-        if (floor($value) == $value && abs($value) < 1e15) {
-            return number_format($value, 1, '.', '');
-        }
-        return sprintf('%.' . $this->floatPrecision . 'g', $value);
+        return $this->genFloatLiteral($expr->value);
     }
 
     protected function parseIsset(Expr\Isset_ $expr): string
diff --git a/src/Generator/Utils.php b/src/Generator/Utils.php
index c243d81a..a0c17fd3 100644
--- a/src/Generator/Utils.php
+++ b/src/Generator/Utils.php
@@ -25,13 +25,29 @@ protected function genIntegerLiteral(int $value): string
         return $value . $this->getPlatform()->getIntegerLiteralSuffix();
     }
 
+    public function genFloatLiteral(float $value): string
+    {
+        if (is_nan($value)) {
+            return self::VALUE_NAN;
+        }
+        if (is_infinite($value)) {
+            return $value > 0 ? self::VALUE_INF : '-' . self::VALUE_INF;
+        }
+        $text = sprintf('%.17h', $value);
+        // Make sure the literal is parsed as a C++ double.
+        if (!str_contains($text, '.') && !str_contains(strtolower($text), 'e')) {
+            $text .= '.0';
+        }
+        return $text;
+    }
+
     protected function genCValue(mixed $value): string
     {
         if (is_int($value)) {
             return $this->genIntegerLiteral($value);
         }
         if (is_float($value)) {
-            return (string) $value;
+            return $this->genFloatLiteral($value);
         }
         if (is_bool($value)) {
             return $value ? '1' : '0';
diff --git a/src/Parser/BinaryOpTrait.php b/src/Parser/BinaryOpTrait.php
index a97f653c..8ba4e9aa 100644
--- a/src/Parser/BinaryOpTrait.php
+++ b/src/Parser/BinaryOpTrait.php
@@ -490,15 +490,6 @@ protected function handleNestedConstantDivisionByZero(
         return '((php::Var(' . $leftExpr . ')) ' . $op . ' (php::Var(' . $rightExpr . ')))';
     }
 
-    protected function genFloatLiteral(float $value): string
-    {
-        $text = sprintf('%.17g', $value);
-        // Make sure the literal is parsed as a C++ double.
-        if (!str_contains($text, '.') && !str_contains(strtolower($text), 'e')) {
-            $text .= '.0';
-        }
-        return $text;
-    }
 
     protected function shouldMaterializeOrderedOperand(NodeAbstract $expr): bool
     {
diff --git a/src/Parser/ConstantExpressionTrait.php b/src/Parser/ConstantExpressionTrait.php
index 28b0b6a5..42542098 100644
--- a/src/Parser/ConstantExpressionTrait.php
+++ b/src/Parser/ConstantExpressionTrait.php
@@ -236,13 +236,7 @@ protected function genInternalScalarConstantValue(mixed $value): string
             return $this->genIntegerLiteral($value);
         }
         if (is_float($value)) {
-            if (is_nan($value)) {
-                return self::VALUE_NAN;
-            }
-            if (is_infinite($value)) {
-                return $value > 0 ? self::VALUE_INF : '-' . self::VALUE_INF;
-            }
-            return $this->genCValue($value);
+            return $this->genFloatLiteral($value);
         }
         if (is_bool($value)) {
             return $value ? 'true' : 'false';
diff --git a/src/gen_stub.php b/src/gen_stub.php
index 85547588..f140dad8 100755
--- a/src/gen_stub.php
+++ b/src/gen_stub.php
@@ -2827,8 +2827,10 @@ public function getCExpr(): ?string
             // reduced constant string expressions. Emitting that value avoids
             // leaking heredoc/nowdoc source syntax into generated C++.
             return '"' . getTranslator()->escapeString((string) $this->value) . '"';
-        } elseif ($this->type->isInt() or $this->type->isFloat()) {
+        } elseif ($this->type->isInt()) {
             return strval($this->value);
+        } elseif ($this->type->isFloat()) {
+            return getTranslator()->genFloatLiteral((float) $this->value);
         } elseif ($this->type->isBool()) {
             return $this->value ? 'true' : 'false';
         }