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Re: [Patch] libstdc++/21193 (float, double, long double)

From: Paolo Carlini <pcarlini at suse dot de>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Cc: libstdc++ <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:18:13 +0200
Subject: Re: [Patch] libstdc++/21193 (float, double, long double)
References: <42D595C4.20205@suse.de> <42D69A82.1030808@suse.de> <m3d5pluo3e.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>

Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

>It would be nice if you had access to Sparc boxes or similar beasts,
>where a long double is 96 bits (no padding bits), I think (please have
>someone double check).   I'm deeply in something else; sorry for being
>quite since last week-end and not helping more. 
>  
>
No problem. Really I'm considering every possible detail (also studied
both Sparc and IBM long double formats, which, interestingly, still use
15 bits for the exponent). Thanks,

Paolo.

References:
- [Patch] libstdc++/21193 (float, double, long double)
  - From: Paolo Carlini
- Re: [Patch] libstdc++/21193 (float, double, long double)
  - From: Paolo Carlini
- Re: [Patch] libstdc++/21193 (float, double, long double)
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis

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