Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> If FLT_RADIX = 16, multiplication of a number with 2.0 causes rounding
> errors for 25% of the numbers, and multiplication with 0.5 causes rounding
> errors for 75% of the numbers. (Btw, this makes it impossible to implement
> a C99 compatible frexp() function, no?)

C99 doesn't require the answer to be exact, so it should be possible
to implement frexp even when FLT_RADIX = 16.


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