On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 07:08:45PM +0200, Martin Jambor wrote: > Interesting, I was also puzzled for a moment. But notice that: > > int main () > { > _Float128 x = 18446744073709551617.5f128; > _Float128 y = __builtin_roundf128 (x); > } > > behaves as expected... the difference is of course the suffix pegged to > the literal constant (see > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-9.1.0/gcc/Floating-Types.html). > > I would also expect GCC to use a larger type if a constant does not fit > into a double, but apparently that does not happen. I would have to > check but it is probably the right behavior according to the standard.
6.4.4.2/4: "An unsuffixed floating constant has type double." I don't think your suggestion would be okay? Segher