Re: [Mingw-users] 80-bit long double support in printf()

[Egon A. <po...@ta...>]

Michael Bester wrote:
> Egon Andersen wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know that MinGW has been depending on msvcrt.dll for handling 
>> printf() and therefore also had problems with printing 80-bit long 
>> double.
>>
>> Is it still not possible to print 80-bit long double?
>> I'll be satisfied with a 'long_double_to_string()'-like function if it 
>> exist.
>> I remember to have seen some efford being put on replacing msvcrt.dll, 
>> but haven't been able to locate it again.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Egon Andersen
>>
> Hi Egon,
> 
> Did you try the ecvt family of functions ? IIRC  the qecvt  is the right 
> one.
> It converts a long double to string.
> 
> regards,
> Michael.

No I haven't. I saw these long time ago on my Linux platform, where they 
are marked 'obsolete' and sprintf() is recommended instead. And they do 
not exist in the ISO-C99 standard either.
But if they exist and work on MSWindoze, I'll give it a try in the 
absense of better functions.

Best regards
Egon Andersen