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Re: 'long double' support ?
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David Bateman |
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Re: 'long double' support ? |
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Tue, 06 May 2008 17:20:31 +0200 |
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Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> if I understand correctly, 'octave' does not support 'long double' data.
>
> Is this the case ?
>
> I think I've stumbled upon a case of insufficient precision, and if simple
> means don't help,
> I'll have to resort to "brute force", i.e. to increase precision.
>
> Can I force 'gcc' to consider all doubles as long doubles ?
> If yes, will it apply to Fortran code used in 'octave' ?
>
> Thanks,
> Sergei.
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Check the vpa function from octave-forge that uses ginac for variable
precision arithmetic..
D.
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