std_limits.h os_defines.h

Richard Henderson rth@redhat.com
Thu Aug 9 16:06:00 GMT 2001


On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 02:11:02PM -0400, David Edelsohn wrote:
> 	There does not seem to be a way to determine if x86 is operating
> in 96-bit or 128-bit long double mode.

There is no true 128-bit long double mode for x86.  What is
controled by the bits you're looking at is the padding that
surrounds the 80-bit long double.

I.e. no limits should depend on the padding.


r~



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