On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:22:05AM +0000, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Leopold Toetsch > # Please include the string: [perl #20597] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=20597 > > > > Next try. This patch obsoletes #20584. > > - more wordsize fixes > - routine for converting i386 12 byte long double to IEEE (modulo NaN's > and such) > - the latter needs still work, if machine is big endian, but swapping > buffer bytes before or after ;-) could do it. > > Thanks for testing.
Warning bells are ringing in my head. Someone sent code to p6i about 1 or 2 years ago that could convert between various floating point formats. You may be re-inventing wheels here. I forget who, and I've not managed to find it on google. Also I can't work out how to search the list archive at develooper.com. Nicholas Clark
