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

From: Paul Caprioli <paul_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:01:38 +0000
> For "float" and "double", however, the sizes are almost universally > consistent regardless of the "implementation-defined" leeway given in > the standards. Yes, and note that CPython versions 3.11 and later require that the platform C double follows the IEEE 754 binary64 format. https://stackoverflow.com/a/70189136

Received on 2025-08-28 21:01:39