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/* `HUGE_VAL' constant for IEEE 754 machines (where it is infinity).
Used by <stdlib.h> and <math.h> functions for overflow.
Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
#ifndef _HUGE_VAL_H
#define _HUGE_VAL_H 1
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
#include <endian.h>
/* IEEE positive infinity. */
#if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
#define __huge_val_bytes { 0x7f, 0xf0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
#endif
#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
#define __huge_val_bytes { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xf0, 0x7f }
#endif
#ifdef __GNUC__
#define HUGE_VAL \
(__extension__ ((union { unsigned char __c[8]; \
double __d; }) \
{ __huge_val_bytes }).__d)
#else /* Not GCC. */
static __const char __huge_val[8] = __huge_val_bytes;
#define HUGE_VAL (*(__const double *) __huge_val)
#endif /* GCC. */
#endif /* huge_val.h */