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Re: [PATCH] PR libstdc++/13045 / C++ demangler, floating values and function pointer type return type postfix fix.
Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 08:44:17AM -0500, Jerry Quinn wrote:
> > I have a couple of curiosity questions:
> >
> > 1) Are IEEE numbers the only ones that will ever be seen by
> > print_IEEE_fp?
>
> It seems that the ABI defines that the hex float value
> is a direct representation of the bits in a float/double
> of the target machine :(. So, no. In that case it will
> output nonsense. But, from the point of view of a cross
> compiler, there is not reasonable way for a demangler
> to know what the target WAS - so I chose to handle everything
> as IEEE and sorry for the those who own a Cray.
That might be reasonable for 'float' and 'double', but 'long double'
varies greatly between platforms.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>