From: henri.cloetens@blueice.be
To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bytes of long double - trouble . . .
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:09:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230208100922.Horde.E80Kc__Nr8RUMRxBbPIGDXo@webmail.blueice.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1675846132.6232748@f313.i.mail.ru>
Dear Sergey, добрий ден !
This is most likely because, on the machine you are using,
the type long double is emulated in software, and the way it is
emulated is different in both versions.
Best Regards,
С уважением,
Henri.
Quoting Sergey Smith <sergey-16a5@mail.ru>:
> To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Dear GCC, [ 8:2:23 ]
> Like Woooew ! What is THIS!? I installed Visual
> Studio Code, & your 32 bit C, Version 9.2.0. I ran :
> printf("\nOn THIS particular computer, long double is given %d
> bytes\n", sizeof(long double)); /* The Answer was: 12 bytes.
> THEN, I updated to C Version 12.2.0 and ran the same code, - ON
> THE SAME COMPUTER, - but NOW the answer is: 16 bytes !
>
> HOW can this happen if, as I understand it, - this function is
> supposed to assess a computer’s *hardware* ? I am on Windows 10 btw.
>
> — Sergey.
>
> С уважением,
> Sergey Smith
> sergey-16a5@mail.ru
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-08 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-08 8:48 Sergey Smith
2023-02-08 9:09 ` henri.cloetens [this message]
2023-02-08 11:12 ` Jonathan Wakely
2023-02-08 11:11 ` Jonathan Wakely
2023-02-15 12:50 ` Dennis Clarke
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