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Re: [std-proposals] TBAA and extended floating-point types

From: Thiago Macieira <thiago_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:41:07 -0700
On Thursday, 28 August 2025 00:14:07 Pacific Daylight Time David Brown via Std-
Proposals wrote:
> With 32-bit doubles, the compiler is not standards conforming

In what way?

The C and C++ Standards do not require double to have a better precision than
float. See https://cigix.me/c17#E.p4.

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Received on 2025-08-28 16:41:16