Packing/unpacking binary data in C - doubles, 64 bits
Michael ODonnell
michael.odonnell at comcast.net
Thu Sep 10 22:01:41 EDT 2009
> Any suggestions to look for a 2^53 type problem?
Well, just for fun, how about going back to basics - what does this
little program generate on all the systems in question?
#include "stdio.h"
main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
printf( "sizeof( double) %2u\n", sizeof( double) );
printf( "sizeof( float) %2u\n", sizeof( float) );
printf( "sizeof(long double) %2u\n", sizeof(long double) );
printf( "sizeof(long signed long) %2u\n", sizeof(long signed long) );
printf( "sizeof(long unsigned long) %2u\n", sizeof(long unsigned long) );
printf( "sizeof( signed char) %2u\n", sizeof( signed char) );
printf( "sizeof( signed long) %2u\n", sizeof( signed long) );
printf( "sizeof( signed short) %2u\n", sizeof( signed short) );
printf( "sizeof( unsigned char) %2u\n", sizeof( unsigned char) );
printf( "sizeof( unsigned long) %2u\n", sizeof( unsigned long) );
printf( "sizeof( unsigned short) %2u\n", sizeof( unsigned short) );
}
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