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- From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
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- Subject: Re: Defining accuracy
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 20:14:46 -0600
- Organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
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- References: <DoKBM0.8L3.B.midge@bath.ac.uk> <827684758snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <4j6pkf$e68@airdmhor.gen.nz>
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- In article <4j6pkf$e68@airdmhor.gen.nz>,
- Simon Hosie <gumboot@airdmhor.gen.nz> wrote:
- > Couldn't you check the values in limits.h and typedef the type that fits,
- >or give an error or take the best fit if you can't find anything?
-
- Unfortunately, no. It is not a requirement of standard C that the floating
- point information in <limits.h> be usable in a preprocessor directive.
-
- Thank you, Intel.
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