Anthony Spataro wrote: > I haven't heard of 'em at all..unless you're talking about a long > double. I know under Borland C's DOS compiler, a long double is 80 bits, > but I was under the impression that it wasn't ANSI, portable, or even > especially kosher for use in everyday code. You could also just use an > array of long[2] and write an intelligent function-like macro to figure > out which long to compare with, but you'll run smack up against word > ordering on different machines, as well as the cases where you need to > check bits from both elements of the array. huh? hows this long[2] stuff work? how can you tell what long it's referencing? the machine cant tell the diff between macros. the whole point to a var that can hold multiple bits is to be able to use it seamlessly. telling the macro what var to search thru defeats the entire purpose. if i no beforehand that i'm searchin var 1, i might as well be callin it a new macro name anyway. right? maybe i jest misunderstood, grin. -dert
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