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- /* flonum.h - Floating point package
- Copyright (C) 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
-
- GAS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- GAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- /***********************************************************************\
- * *
- * Arbitrary-precision floating point arithmetic. *
- * *
- * *
- * Notation: a floating point number is expressed as *
- * MANTISSA * (2 ** EXPONENT). *
- * *
- * If this offends more traditional mathematicians, then *
- * please tell me your nomenclature for flonums! *
- * *
- \***********************************************************************/
- #if !defined(__STDC__) && !defined(const)
- #define const /* empty */
- #endif
-
- #include "bignum.h"
-
- /***********************************************************************\
- * *
- * Variable precision floating point numbers. *
- * *
- * Exponent is the place value of the low littlenum. E.g.: *
- * If 0: low points to the units littlenum. *
- * If 1: low points to the LITTLENUM_RADIX littlenum. *
- * If -1: low points to the 1/LITTLENUM_RADIX littlenum. *
- * *
- \***********************************************************************/
-
- /* JF: A sign value of 0 means we have been asked to assemble NaN
- A sign value of 'P' means we've been asked to assemble +Inf
- A sign value of 'N' means we've been asked to assemble -Inf
- */
- struct FLONUM_STRUCT
- {
- LITTLENUM_TYPE * low; /* low order littlenum of a bignum */
- LITTLENUM_TYPE * high; /* high order littlenum of a bignum */
- LITTLENUM_TYPE * leader; /* -> 1st non-zero littlenum */
- /* If flonum is 0.0, leader==low-1 */
- long int exponent; /* base LITTLENUM_RADIX */
- char sign; /* '+' or '-' */
- };
-
- typedef struct FLONUM_STRUCT FLONUM_TYPE;
-
-
- /***********************************************************************\
- * *
- * Since we can (& do) meet with exponents like 10^5000, it *
- * is silly to make a table of ~ 10,000 entries, one for each *
- * power of 10. We keep a table where item [n] is a struct *
- * FLONUM_FLOATING_POINT representing 10^(2^n). We then *
- * multiply appropriate entries from this table to get any *
- * particular power of 10. For the example of 10^5000, a table *
- * of just 25 entries suffices: 10^(2^-12)...10^(2^+12). *
- * *
- \***********************************************************************/
-
-
- extern const FLONUM_TYPE flonum_positive_powers_of_ten[];
- extern const FLONUM_TYPE flonum_negative_powers_of_ten[];
- extern const int table_size_of_flonum_powers_of_ten;
- /* Flonum_XXX_powers_of_ten[] table has */
- /* legal indices from 0 to */
- /* + this number inclusive. */
-
-
-
- /***********************************************************************\
- * *
- * Declare worker functions. *
- * *
- \***********************************************************************/
-
- void flonum_multip();
- void flonum_copy();
- void flonum_print();
- char * flonum_get(); /* Returns "" or error string. */
- void flonum_normal();
-
- int atof_generic();
-
-
- /***********************************************************************\
- * *
- * Declare error codes. *
- * *
- \***********************************************************************/
-
- #define ERROR_EXPONENT_OVERFLOW (2)
-
- /* end: flonum.h */
-