Re^6: Introspection into floats/NV

[ikegami]

That's completely wrong [Update: except the bit on endianness].

• d isn't defined as an IEEE 754 double-precision float. (That said, it virtually always is.)
• F isn't defined as a float, and it's unlikely to be one.
• F isn't defined as an IEEE 754 single-precision float, and it's unlikely to be one.
• An IEEE 754 single-precision float doesn't have 32 bits of precision.
• An IEEE 754 double-precision float doesn't have 64 bits of precision.
• F is probably the same d or something larger, not something smaller.

See Mini-Tutorial: Formats for Packing and Unpacking Numbers.

d is a double
It is likely to be an IEEE 754 double-precision float, but it might not be.

f is a float
It is likely to be an IEEE 754 single-precision float, but it might not be.

F is an NV
It is likely to be an IEEE 754 double-precision float.
It is possibly an IEEE 754 quad-precision float.
It's unlikely to be an IEEE 754 single-precision float.
It's conceivable for it to be an Intel 80-bit extended precision float.
It might be none of those.

An IEEE 754 quad-precision float will be 128 bits in size and have 133 bits of precision (or less for subnormals).
An IEEE 754 double-precision float will be 64 bits in size and have 53 bits of precision (or less for subnormals).
An IEEE 754 single-precision float will be 32 bits in size and have 24 bits of precision (or less for subnormals).
An Intel 80-bit extended precision float will be at least 80 bits in size and have 64 bits of precision (or less for subnormals).

[karlgoethebier]

1. Where is the word “defined” in the text from the AI?
2. Has anyone claimed that this is the last word in wisdom?

[ikegami]

Don't play dumb. We might actually come to believe it.

You didn't use the word "defined", but your post defines the two pack formats (if one can say that of a definition that's completely wrong). That was the whole point of the post.

And I didn't say what you posted lacked wisdom; I said what you posted is completely wrong.