Werner, > On 02 Feb 2016, at 14:25, Werner Kassens <wkass...@libello.com> wrote: > > Hi, > in the developersforum i read: > "And in 32-bits there are only BoxedFloat64 instances. So on a 32 bits VM > Floats are represented only by BoxedFloat64. On a 64 bits VM Floats are > represented either by BoxedFloat64 or SmallFloat64. " > i wonder whether this means, that in 32 bit systems there exist images that > dont have the SmallFloat64 object. i mean, if i make a package with a method > for SmallFloat64, this would not trigger an exception on a 32 bit systems if > i load it on such a system, or would it? > werner
It is far from a stupid question, it is an excellent question. I don't know the answer though. Maybe those classes could exist in a 32-bit image as empty subclasses of float ? I am also not 100% sure that the intention is to keep on maintaining a 32-bit variant. Sven
