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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: C/C++ pitfalls related to 64-bits (unsigned long & double) |
| Date | 2012-02-13 20:44 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jhceaa$edk$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2/13/2012 4:52 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> In comp.lang.c++ Eric Sosman<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2/13/2012 8:14 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> [...] Since hardware that offers 64 bits of precision in the
>>> floating-point format used for `double', some loss of precision in
>>> `b = a' must be expected.
>
>> Oh, drat. There was supposed to be an "is fairly rare" just
>> before the comma ...
>
> x87 hardware isn't that rare. Depending on the implementation,
> the compiler might do the calculation in temporary real form,
> with all 64 bits.
... which wouldn't help, as the eventual result must be
converted to plain `double'. Yes, there are systems that support
a floating-point format with >64 bits' precision, but are there
any that use such a wide precision for `double'? `long double',
maybe, but plain `double'?
Hands up: Who's got a C implementation where
sizeof(double) * CHAR_BIT > 64
? Or, more accurately to the O.P.'s question, where
DBL_MANT_DIG * log(FLT_RADIX) / log(2) >= 64?
?
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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