Re: [Tinycc-devel] sizeof (long double) vs sizeof (double)

[Mads]

While I have seen similar behavior on other compilers, I interpret the downgrading of extended precision to double as an indication that extended precision is not supported (for one reason or another).

To be a little more specific, I want to know if tcc does support extended precision like gcc does (~18 significant digits) without just downgrading to the double precision (15 significant digits). And if so, why that doesn't work for me.

2014-09-06 17:26 GMT+02:00 Stephan Beal <address@hidden>:

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Mads <address@hidden> wrote:

I wish to use extended precision in functions compiled by tcc during execution.

Unfortunately, it appears that for any functions compiled by tcc, sizeof (double) == sizeof (long double)  - and I haven't got the slightest clue whether it's intended, if it's a bug or if I'm missing some flags.

According to C, it's not a bug: a long double must have "at least as much precision" as a double, and a double must have "at least as much precision" as a float.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_double#long_double_in_C

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