On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:11:16 +0200  Jonas Maebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On 14 aug 2004, at 19:34, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> 
> > How can I convert between PowerPC double and i386 Extended on a 
> > powerpc?
> > For example: I want to save a Double under powerpc to a stream as i386
> > Extended and read it under i386 as Extended.
> >
> > Are there already some conversion functions to convert between the 
> > various
> > floating point formats?
> 
> No, only a function to convert a TP real to double (real2double). Also, 
> on the ppc extended is defined as double (for source code 
> compatibility), so we'll have to use a record or so.

That's why I asked.

Where can I get information about the i386 extended and the ppc double
format? Is it correct, that the ppc double is simply a reversed i386 double?


Mattias

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