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| The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">floatmax_t</span></code> |
| designates a floating-point type capable of representing any value of any floating-point |
| type in a given platform most precisely. |
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| The greatest-width <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">typedef</span></code> is |
| provided for all platforms, but, of course, the size may vary. |
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| To provide floating-point <span class="bold"><strong>constants</strong></span> most precisely |
| for a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">floatmax_t</span></code> type, use |
| the macro BOOST_FLOATMAX_C. |
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| For example, replace a constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span></code> |
| with |
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOATMAX_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> |
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| If, for example, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">floatmax_t</span></code> |
| is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float64_t</span></code> then the result |
| will be equivalent to a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span> <span class="keyword">double</span></code> suffixed with L, but if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">floatmax_t</span></code> is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float128_t</span></code> |
| then the result will be equivalent to a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">quad</span> |
| <span class="identifier">type</span></code> suffixed with Q (assuming, of |
| course, that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">float128</span></code> is supported). |
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| If we display with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_digits10</span></code>, |
| the maximum possibly significant decimal digits: |
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#ifdef</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT32_C</span> |
| <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">precision</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">max_digits10</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">float32_t</span><span class="special">>());</span> <span class="comment">// Show all significant decimal digits,</span> |
| <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">setf</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ios</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">showpoint</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// including all significant trailing zeros.</span> |
| <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"BOOST_FLOAT32_C(123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890) = "</span> |
| <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT32_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> |
| <span class="comment">// BOOST_FLOAT32_C(123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890) = 123.456787</span> |
| <span class="preprocessor">#endif</span> |
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| then on a 128-bit platform (GCC 4.8.1. with quadmath): |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT32_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">123.456787</span> |
| <span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT64_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">123.45678901234568</span> |
| <span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT80_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">123.456789012345678903</span> |
| <span class="identifier">BOOST_FLOAT128_C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123.4567890123456789012345678901234567890</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">123.456789012345678901234567890123453</span> |
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