Re: 80 bit precision ?


"km" <km@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> does python currently support 80 bit precision Floating Point Unit ?

Last I read, in CPython, the float type encapsulates a C double. So, does
any C compiler implements doubles as 80 bit floats? Or, if it has 64 bit
doubles and 80 bit long doubles, are the latter transparently substitutible
for the former, so that you could change Python's float declaration and
have everything work as expected? (I an not sure of either.)

Terry J. Reedy



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