Re: ieee754 -0.0f?

Ash Henstock <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:03:42 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.games.devel.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Indeed you are right. I'll be off hanging my head somewhere...

;)

Regardless, it's pretty horrible thing to be doing. I think I originally
wrote it to generate homework answers when I was doing my degree... hand
converting numerical representations in the exam room was perhaps one of the
most boring tasks I've faced. And clearly it didn't help me remember
anything :)

On 2/2/06, Jon Watte <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >     struct
> >     {
> >         unsigned m_mantissa : 24;
> >         unsigned m_exponent : 7;
> >         unsigned m_sign : 1;
> >     };
>
>
> I believe the mantissa is only 23 bits, with a leading "implicit" one
> for all exponents that aren't denormal. There are also 8 exponent bits.
>
> Cheers,
>
>                         / h+
>
>
> --
> -- The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log
> files
> for problems?  Stop!  Download the new AJAX search engine that makes
> searching your log files as easy as surfing the  web.  DOWNLOAD SPLUNK!
> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642
> _______________________________________________
> Gamedevlists-general mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gamedevlists-general
> Archives:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=557
>