RE: [boost] Math Functions

From: Swatosh, Joe R NWP (joe.r.swatosh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-06 10:53:59

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Or an I doing something silly?
> 
> HOwever, I can compare in hex (double quiet NaN -1.#IND == 
> fff8 0000 0000
> 0000) using a union
> 

When we were struggling with some of these issues in MSVC I found this page
http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/courses/cs341/IEEE-754references.html.

According to the table at the bottom, fff8 0000 0000 0000 is not a NaN, but
"Indeterminate."

Hope that helps.

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