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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Decomposing a FLOAT |
| Date | 2012-06-03 08:33 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jqflj4$1uo$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <daa8e22c-1348-4bdc-b986-e5228c269efd@googlegroups.com> <jqd7s9$deh$1@dont-email.me> <pan.2012.06.02.19.41.09.107000@nowhere.com> <lnr4txfkhq.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <jqf676$9da$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
On 6/3/2012 4:11 AM, Raj Pashwar wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:54:09 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
>> Nobody<nobody@nowhere.com> writes:
>>> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:27:20 -0400, James Kuyper wrote:
>>>> I doubt it was a typedef, I think it was just a failure to be
>>>> adequately aware of C's case-sensitivity.
>>>
>>> Or maybe it's just a case of conventional usage of capitals as a form
>>> of emphasis (you can't use boldface in plain text and using HTML on
>>> usenet is frowned upon). In much the same way that posters often use
>>> quotes without necessarily meaning a C string literal.
>>
>> Whatever the OP meant, I hope he understands by now that referring to
>> the type "float" as "FLOAT" is not a good idea.
>
> Yes, thanks :-)
>
> In fact John Kupyer was right : on my system FLOAT is a type-def for long
> double.
In that case, don't use frexpf(): Use frexpl() instead, or
#include <tgmath.h> and use frexp().
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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Decomposing a FLOAT Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2012-05-31 20:59 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu> - 2012-05-31 21:44 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-05-31 22:59 +0100
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-05-31 22:04 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-05-31 18:57 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-06-01 23:02 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-01 16:17 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-02 10:27 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-06-02 20:41 +0100
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-02 14:54 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2012-06-03 08:11 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-03 08:33 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2012-06-03 22:06 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 10:28 +1200
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-03 19:46 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 08:51 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-03 07:48 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 16:17 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-03 13:43 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Raj Pashwar <raj121190@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2012-06-03 22:06 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-04 10:30 +1200
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 21:12 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-04 12:20 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-05 03:54 -0700
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-05 08:11 -0400
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-06-02 00:03 +0000
Re: Decomposing a FLOAT jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-06-02 00:38 +0000
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