Re: Decomposing a FLOAT

On 06/05/2012 06:54 AM, Malcolm McLean wrote:
בתאריך יום שני, 4 ביוני 2012 20:20:43 UTC+1, מאת Keith Thompson:

That's a fine idea -- but FLOAT is a lousy name for it.

REAL would be better.
However not all programmers know what that means.

A typedef like that is always intended for use in a specific context; it
should not mean "the floating point type that should be used in all
contexts". It should mean something like "the floating point type to be
used when working with this particular library", and the name should
contain at least a hint of the correct context; neither "FLOAT" nor
"REAL" does so.
--
James Kuyper
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