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 | <h4 class="subsection">9.13.10 Floating Point</h4> | 
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 | <p><a name="index-i386-floating-point-954"></a><a name="index-floating-point_002c-i386-955"></a><a name="index-x86_002d64-floating-point-956"></a><a name="index-floating-point_002c-x86_002d64-957"></a>All 80387 floating point types except packed BCD are supported.  | 
 | (BCD support may be added without much difficulty).  These data | 
 | types are 16-, 32-, and 64- bit integers, and single (32-bit), | 
 | double (64-bit), and extended (80-bit) precision floating point.  | 
 | Each supported type has an instruction mnemonic suffix and a constructor | 
 | associated with it.  Instruction mnemonic suffixes specify the operand's | 
 | data type.  Constructors build these data types into memory. | 
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 |    <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bfloat_007d-directive_002c-i386-958"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bsingle_007d-directive_002c-i386-959"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bdouble_007d-directive_002c-i386-960"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007btfloat_007d-directive_002c-i386-961"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bfloat_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-962"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bsingle_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-963"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bdouble_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-964"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007btfloat_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-965"></a> | 
 |      <ul> | 
 | <li>Floating point constructors are ‘<samp><span class="samp">.float</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">.single</span></samp>’, | 
 | ‘<samp><span class="samp">.double</span></samp>’, and ‘<samp><span class="samp">.tfloat</span></samp>’ for 32-, 64-, and 80-bit formats.  | 
 | These correspond to instruction mnemonic suffixes ‘<samp><span class="samp">s</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">l</span></samp>’, | 
 | and ‘<samp><span class="samp">t</span></samp>’. ‘<samp><span class="samp">t</span></samp>’ stands for 80-bit (ten byte) real.  The 80387 | 
 | only supports this format via the ‘<samp><span class="samp">fldt</span></samp>’ (load 80-bit real to stack | 
 | top) and ‘<samp><span class="samp">fstpt</span></samp>’ (store 80-bit real and pop stack) instructions. | 
 |  | 
 |      <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bword_007d-directive_002c-i386-966"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007blong_007d-directive_002c-i386-967"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bint_007d-directive_002c-i386-968"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bquad_007d-directive_002c-i386-969"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bword_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-970"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007blong_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-971"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bint_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-972"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bquad_007d-directive_002c-x86_002d64-973"></a><li>Integer constructors are ‘<samp><span class="samp">.word</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">.long</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">.int</span></samp>’, and | 
 | ‘<samp><span class="samp">.quad</span></samp>’ for the 16-, 32-, and 64-bit integer formats.  The | 
 | corresponding instruction mnemonic suffixes are ‘<samp><span class="samp">s</span></samp>’ (single), | 
 | ‘<samp><span class="samp">l</span></samp>’ (long), and ‘<samp><span class="samp">q</span></samp>’ (quad).  As with the 80-bit real format, | 
 | the 64-bit ‘<samp><span class="samp">q</span></samp>’ format is only present in the ‘<samp><span class="samp">fildq</span></samp>’ (load | 
 | quad integer to stack top) and ‘<samp><span class="samp">fistpq</span></samp>’ (store quad integer and pop | 
 | stack) instructions.  | 
 | </ul> | 
 |  | 
 |    <p>Register to register operations should not use instruction mnemonic suffixes.  | 
 | ‘<samp><span class="samp">fstl %st, %st(1)</span></samp>’ will give a warning, and be assembled as if you | 
 | wrote ‘<samp><span class="samp">fst %st, %st(1)</span></samp>’, since all register to register operations | 
 | use 80-bit floating point operands. (Contrast this with ‘<samp><span class="samp">fstl %st, mem</span></samp>’, | 
 | which converts ‘<samp><span class="samp">%st</span></samp>’ from 80-bit to 64-bit floating point format, | 
 | then stores the result in the 4 byte location ‘<samp><span class="samp">mem</span></samp>’) | 
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