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From: | mschulter AT DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: sizeof(long double) |
Date: | 11 Mar 1997 02:38:24 GMT |
Organization: | Value Net Internetwork Services Inc. |
Lines: | 17 |
Message-ID: | <5g2gj0$ra4$1@vnetnews.value.net> |
References: | <Pine DOT SGI DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970305141038 DOT 8443A-100000 AT geb DOT gfy DOT ku DOT dk> |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | value.net |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Thomas Knudsen (tk AT geb DOT gfy DOT ku DOT dk) wrote: : prints: sizeof(long double)==12 : : is this really true? : : Thomas As I understand it, in fact a long double in djgpp includes 80 bits of data, as expected; but the compiler uses a 96-bit (12-byte) size in order to align the data on a 32-bit boundary. This feature is somewhat analogous to struct padding. Most respectfully, Margo schulter mschulter AT value DOT net
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