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Re: [fortran] huge() vs IBM extended double


On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:06:30PM +0100, François-Xavier Coudert wrote:
> > +      if (fmt->pnan < fmt->p)
> > +       /* This is an IBM extended double format made up of two IEEE
> > +          doubles.
> 
> This test is also true for (and only for) mips_extended_double (see
> gcc/real.c for details). From my reading of gcc/real.c, it's not a
> problem, but I think it should be noted in the comment.

Indeed, we want to treat mips_extended_format exactly as for
ibm_extended_format.  The formats only differ in minor ways.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre


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