Re: [boost] Portable signbit macro/function?

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-04 05:49:53

John Maddock wrote:
> Johan Råde wrote:
>> This can be templatized, and will handle such things as 80-bit long
>> double.
> 
> Maybe, don't forget the padding bytes that are often injected into such 
> types (only an issue if the endianness put's the sign bit at the end of the 
> 10-byte sequence rather than the beginning).
> 
> John. 
> 
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I have realized that there are many problems with the code I just suggested.
Ignore that suggestion.
I'm working on something else.