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

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Feb 26, 2010 01:43:15 PM, schwab@linux-m68k.org wrote:

Paolo Carlini  writes:

> I'm tired. Anyway, I meant of course the size of the *data bits*, using
> your terminology. For *some* formats, like x87, where there are no
> holes, no padding bits in the middle of the representation, that is all
> I would need. In the meanwhile, Andreas made me notice that
> unfortunately this is not the general case. Thanks again about that.

Even the x87 floating point format has don't-care bits in some cases.

Andreas.

Is this when denormalizing?

Ed


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