On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:57:15 +0200 Tina Harriott wrote:
> The concept of bool b; (( b.true )) reminds me of java, python and
> other programming languages which tie limits and constants to a
> specific type instead of littering the global namespace with the
> definitions (like C).
> Could the numeric types, i.e. typeset -i/-E have a similar
> functionality like b.true to access the minimum, maximum, epsilon, ...
> values?
> For example:
> typeset -lE i; (( i.MIN )) would be the equivalent to C's LDBL_MIN
> typeset -lE i; (( i.MAX )) would be the equivalent to C's LDBL_MAX
> typeset -lE i; (( i.EPSILON )) would be the equivalent to C's LDBL_EPSILON
> typeset -lE i; (( i.MAX_10_EXP )) would be the equivalent to C's
> LDBL_MAX_10_EXP
> typeset -sE i; (( i.MIN )) would be the equivalent to C's FLT_MIN
> typeset -sE i; (( i.MAX )) would be the equivalent to C's FLT_MAX
> typeset -sE i; (( i.EPSILON )) would be the equivalent to C's FLT_EPSILON
> typeset -sE i; (( i.MAX_10_EXP )) would be the equivalent to C's
> FLT_MAX_10_EXP
for { FLT INT UINT } could you list the possible names
e.g., ast_float.h currently misses FLT_EPSILON
thanks
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