From: "Corey Ashford" <yeroca@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: precise floats
Date: 1998/08/04
Date: 1998-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6q8afs$5aq$1@usenet.rational.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6q7vtb$jk$1@heliodor.xara.net
Bob Fletcher wrote in message <6q7vtb$jk$1@heliodor.xara.net>...
>What is the best way to define a float type that has greater precision,
>(like a lot greater), than the default one? Is there a simple way to do
>this?
>
>
The most straight-forward and portable way is to use a declaration
like:
type my_big_float is digits 12;
If the compiler doesn't have an underlying type that supports that
precision it will tell you so.
If you need more precision than can be provided by the hardware and
compiler, you'll probably obtain some extended precision arithmetic
packages.
- Corey
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-08-04 0:00 precise floats Bob Fletcher
1998-08-04 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1998-08-05 0:00 ` Bob Fletcher
1998-08-04 0:00 ` Corey Ashford [this message]
1998-08-04 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1998-08-05 0:00 ` Frank Klemm
1998-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-08-06 0:00 ` dennison
1998-08-07 0:00 ` paul.english
1998-08-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-08-12 0:00 ` Kevin Radke
1998-08-25 0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1998-08-10 0:00 ` dennison
1998-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-08-07 0:00 ` Tom Weis
1998-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-08-04 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1998-08-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-09 0:00 ` Bob Fletcher
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1998-08-06 0:00 Robert Dewar
1998-08-06 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1998-08-06 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1998-08-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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