[RFH] A simple way to figure out the number of bits used by a long double

[Andreas Schwab]

Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini@oracle.com> writes:

> On 02/26/2010 03:56 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini@oracle.com> writes:
>>
>>   
>>> Thanks. Currently I'm thinking of doing something very simple, like:
>>>
>>>     const size_t __size = __LDBL_MANT_DIG__ == 64 ? 10 : sizeof(__val);
>>>
>>> seems conservative and I think it covers all the cases we really
>>> support.
>>>     
>> What is __size supposed to represent?
>>   
> A size.

Of what?  What is the 10 magic number supposed to represent?

Andreas.

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