Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-05-31 21:16:19 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: >> Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > The "long double" type is required, but it is not required to be >> > extended precision. >> >> But it can be. > > So what?
You can take advantage of it if it exists (which you can find out about portably). But not if your compiler has crippled it. >> > Once you change the rounding precision, this is no longer required, >> > since you are already working with an extension. >> >> The use of long double is not an extension. > > Changing the rounding precision is. The C standard defines how you > can change the rounding direction, but not the rounding precision. Yes, my point. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."