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float: Fix LDBL_MAX value on Linux/PowerPC. * m4/float_h.m4 (gl_FLOAT_H): Set FLOAT_H and REPLACE_FLOAT_LDBL also on Linux/PowerPC. * lib/float.in.h (LDBL_MAX): Redefine also on Linux/PowerPC. * lib/float.c (gl_LDBL_MAX): Also define on Linux/PowerPC. * doc/posix-headers/float.texi: Mention Linux/PowerPC as an affected platform. Reported by Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:56:26 +0200
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@node float.h
@section @file{float.h}

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/float.h.html}

Gnulib module: float

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The values of @code{LDBL_*} macros are incorrect on some platforms:
On OpenBSD 4.0, MirBSD 10, and BeOS, they are the same as the values of the
@code{DBL_*} macros, although @samp{long double} is a larger type than
@samp{double}.
On FreeBSD/x86 6.4, they represent the incorrect 53-bit precision assumptions
in the compiler, not the real 64-bit precision at runtime.
On Linux/PowerPC with GCC 4.4, on AIX 7.1 with GCC 4.2, and on IRIX 6.5,
they don't reflect the ``double double'' representation of @code{long double}
correctly.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize