1 /* `HUGE_VAL' constants for IEEE 754 machines (where it is infinity).
2 Used by <stdlib.h> and <math.h> functions for overflow.
3 Copyright (C) 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
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12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
25 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
28 /* IEEE positive infinity (-HUGE_VAL is negative infinity). */
30 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
31 #define __HUGE_VAL_bytes { 0x7f, 0xf0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
33 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
34 #define __HUGE_VAL_bytes { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xf0, 0x7f }
37 #define __huge_val_t union { unsigned char __c[8]; double __d; }
39 #define HUGE_VAL (__extension__ \
40 ((__huge_val_t) { __c: __HUGE_VAL_bytes }).__d)
42 static __huge_val_t __huge_val
= { __HUGE_VAL_bytes
};
43 #define HUGE_VAL (__huge_val.__d)
47 /* ISO C 9X extensions: (float) HUGE_VALF and (long double) HUGE_VALL. */
51 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
52 #define __HUGE_VALF_bytes { 0x7f, 0x80, 0, 0 }
54 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
55 #define __HUGE_VALF_bytes { 0, 0, 0x80, 0x7f }
58 #define __huge_valf_t union { unsigned char __c[4]; float __f; }
60 #define HUGE_VALF (__extension__ \
61 ((__huge_valf_t) { __c: __HUGE_VALF_bytes }).__f)
63 static __huge_valf_t __huge_valf
= { __HUGE_VALF_bytes
};
64 #define HUGE_VALF (__huge_valf.__f)
68 /* Generally there is no separate `long double' format and it is the
70 #define HUGE_VALL HUGE_VAL
72 #endif /* __USE_ISOC9X. */
74 #endif /* huge_val.h */