From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:42:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Floating Point Parameters): GCC already supports long double for a long time. X-Git-Tag: cvs/glibc_2-1-2~423 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0cd37396bd17b0d70fe2164c050d4d9bf8462c5e;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git (Floating Point Parameters): GCC already supports long double for a long time. --- diff --git a/manual/lang.texi b/manual/lang.texi index 6de6256ad30..e085dcb3206 100644 --- a/manual/lang.texi +++ b/manual/lang.texi @@ -994,9 +994,9 @@ These macro definitions can be accessed by including the header file Macro names starting with @samp{FLT_} refer to the @code{float} type, while names beginning with @samp{DBL_} refer to the @code{double} type and names beginning with @samp{LDBL_} refer to the @code{long double} -type. (Currently GCC does not support @code{long double} as a distinct -data type, so the values for the @samp{LDBL_} constants are equal to the -corresponding constants for the @code{double} type.)@refill +type. (If GCC does not support @code{long double} as a distinct data +type on a target machine then the values for the @samp{LDBL_} constants +are equal to the corresponding constants for the @code{double} type.) Of these macros, only @code{FLT_RADIX} is guaranteed to be a constant expression. The other macros listed here cannot be reliably used in