Re: How to make "long double" really long double?

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From: Stuart Dole
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 00:00

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The standard states that "...float, double, and long double could represent
one, two, or three distinct sizes." -- it's implementation-defined.  'long'
applied to 'double' is no more than a hint to the compiler -- "portable" code
can't depend on it.  If your code needs to know, try <limits.h> and <float.h>
for help...

Bummer.
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Stuart R Dole, Hamilton Software at Hewlett-Packard
707-577-5978
srd@dingo.sr.hp.com
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