Michael Meissner via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> writes:
> Because long double mangles the same as either __float128 or __ibm128, you
> cannot write programs like:
>
> double convert (__ibm128 x) { return x; }
> double convert (__float128 x) { return x; }
> double convert (long double x) { return x; }
>
> You would have to write on a system with long double being IBM 128-bit:
>
> double convert (__float128 x) { return x; }
> double convert (long double x) { return x; }
>
> or on a system with long double being IEEE 128-bit:
>
> double convert (__ibm128 x) { return x; }
> double convert (long double x) { return x; }
Does that mean, when long double is IEEE 128-bit, the compiler won't support
_Float128/__float128 ?
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Tulio Magno
