Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions

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Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> But that doesn't change the problem of potential loss of
>> precision, because the representation (and hence the particular
>> value) of the constant 0.1 is chosen before that value is
>> converted to long double.  The constant 0.1, being of type
>> double, doesn't have to have less precision than 0.1L, but
>> certainly it can.
>
> AFAIK no C/C++ compiler will second-guess the programmer and
> assume that the literal was meant to be a long double literal.  If
> you specify a literal of type double, the compiler will assume you
> meant it [...]

My statement is not about what compilers do but only about what
the respective standards allow.

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C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-16 11:21 +0000
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-16 17:35 +0300
    Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-16 16:13 +0000
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 10:49 -0700
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 20:02 +0200
    Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-16 20:51 +0200
      Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 20:59 +0200
        Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-16 21:55 +0200
          Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 22:09 +0200
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 13:47 -0700
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-16 22:19 +0100
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 14:52 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-16 22:57 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-17 00:54 +0300
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 00:34 +0100
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-17 08:24 +0200
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-17 08:21 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 11:06 +0100
        Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-17 04:41 +0000
          Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 11:12 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-17 14:37 +0300
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 14:31 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-17 04:53 -0700
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-18 04:40 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-18 13:29 +0200
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-18 06:57 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-18 17:37 +0300
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-19 14:43 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-19 08:21 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-18 06:01 -0700

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