Re: [B2-devel] Fixes for the generic FPU emulation core

[Lauri P. <lpe...@ni...>]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 01:22:03 +0200, you wrote:

Hi Gwenolé,

>- The long double type is part of the C++ standard. Any compliant
>compiler should know about it. The problem is that I make heavy
>assumptions about its data representation: IEEE-854. i.e. a 96-bit long
>double, what the C++ standard does not guarantee.

It's really great if you can do everything without assembly, but
some compilers (for example mine) have a fake long double, it's
the same as double. The standard does not (I'd guess it can't) specify
what is the true accuracy of the long double.

Lauri