5 Nov
2013
5 Nov
'13
6:36 p.m.
So bit counts have to use a different naming convention to avoid confusion.
How about:
cpp_bin_float_single; cpp_bin_float_double; cpp_bin_float_quad;
I'm not sure what these actually provide.
We're trying to find "good" names for the software emulations of the IEEE single/double and quad precision (32, 64 and 128 bit) types.
Is cpp_bin_float_double the same as the current boost::multiprecision::float53_t
We don't have anything currently.
and *emulates* std::float64_t which is true IEEE layout 64-bit double?
Yes.
whereas float_53_t has 53 significand but a much bigger exponent)?
No the same exponent range, and the same behavior in all aspects except size and bit-layout. John.