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1 /* flonum.h - Floating point package
2 Copyright (C) 1987-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
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21 /***********************************************************************\
22 * *
23 * Arbitrary-precision floating point arithmetic. *
24 * *
25 * *
26 * Notation: a floating point number is expressed as *
27 * MANTISSA * (2 ** EXPONENT). *
28 * *
29 * If this offends more traditional mathematicians, then *
30 * please tell me your nomenclature for flonums! *
31 * *
32 \***********************************************************************/
34 #include "bignum.h"
36 /***********************************************************************\
37 * *
38 * Variable precision floating point numbers. *
39 * *
40 * Exponent is the place value of the low littlenum. E.g.: *
41 * If 0: low points to the units littlenum. *
42 * If 1: low points to the LITTLENUM_RADIX littlenum. *
43 * If -1: low points to the 1/LITTLENUM_RADIX littlenum. *
44 * *
45 \***********************************************************************/
47 /* JF: A sign value of 0 means we have been asked to assemble NaN
48 A sign value of 'P' means we've been asked to assemble +Inf
49 A sign value of 'N' means we've been asked to assemble -Inf
50 A sign value of 'Q' means we've been asked to assemble +QNaN
51 A sign value of 'q' means we've been asked to assemble -QNaN
52 A sign value of 'S' means we've been asked to assemble +SNaN
53 A sign value of 's' means we've been asked to assemble -SNaN
55 struct FLONUM_STRUCT {
56 LITTLENUM_TYPE *low; /* low order littlenum of a bignum */
57 LITTLENUM_TYPE *high; /* high order littlenum of a bignum */
58 LITTLENUM_TYPE *leader; /* -> 1st non-zero littlenum */
59 /* If flonum is 0.0, leader==low-1 */
60 long exponent; /* base LITTLENUM_RADIX */
61 char sign; /* '+' or '-' */
64 typedef struct FLONUM_STRUCT FLONUM_TYPE;
66 /***********************************************************************\
67 * *
68 * Since we can (& do) meet with exponents like 10^5000, it *
69 * is silly to make a table of ~ 10,000 entries, one for each *
70 * power of 10. We keep a table where item [n] is a struct *
71 * FLONUM_FLOATING_POINT representing 10^(2^n). We then *
72 * multiply appropriate entries from this table to get any *
73 * particular power of 10. For the example of 10^5000, a table *
74 * of just 25 entries suffices: 10^(2^-12)...10^(2^+12). *
75 * *
76 \***********************************************************************/
78 extern const FLONUM_TYPE flonum_positive_powers_of_ten[];
79 extern const FLONUM_TYPE flonum_negative_powers_of_ten[];
80 extern const int table_size_of_flonum_powers_of_ten;
81 /* Flonum_XXX_powers_of_ten[] table has legal indices from 0 to
82 + this number inclusive. */
84 /***********************************************************************\
85 * *
86 * Declare worker functions. *
87 * *
88 \***********************************************************************/
90 int atof_generic (char **address_of_string_pointer,
91 const char *string_of_decimal_marks,
92 const char *string_of_decimal_exponent_marks,
93 FLONUM_TYPE * address_of_generic_floating_point_number);
95 void flonum_copy (FLONUM_TYPE * in, FLONUM_TYPE * out);
96 void flonum_multip (const FLONUM_TYPE * a, const FLONUM_TYPE * b,
97 FLONUM_TYPE * product);
99 /***********************************************************************\
101 * Declare error codes. *
103 \***********************************************************************/
105 #define ERROR_EXPONENT_OVERFLOW (2)