pack.c: cast from double to float can be undefined
Generally speaking, a value of double is not always representable
when demoted to a float. ISO C defines what to do when such
conversion loses precision, but leaves it undefined when the
value is completely out of range. (cf: ISO/IEC 9899:1990 section
6.2.1.4).
Because ruby do not have half-precision floating-point types this
is not a frequent headache but for pack / unpack, there are
specifiers that has something to do with C float types. We have
to explicitly care these situations.
Added by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) over 6 years ago
pack.c: cast from double to float can be undefined
Generally speaking, a value of double is not always representable
when demoted to a float. ISO C defines what to do when such
conversion loses precision, but leaves it undefined when the
value is completely out of range. (cf: ISO/IEC 9899:1990 section
6.2.1.4).
Because ruby do not have half-precision floating-point types this
is not a frequent headache but for pack / unpack, there are
specifiers that has something to do with C float types. We have
to explicitly care these situations.
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