From -4237338733805241776 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,d93488bb970aa444 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-20 10:27:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!grolier!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: How to test for NaNs and infinites? Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:14:15 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <3B176D2F.70C3E7F7@meteo.fr> <9fql8h$pfg$1@news.hal-pc.org> <3B21100E.5B25F7AA@acm.org> <9frdlp$14bc$1@news.hal-pc.org> <9g2em7$1pkk$1@news.hal-pc.org> <9g7q93$1lu1$1@news.hal-pc.org> <3B278187.9E196C80@acm.org> <9g8a84$1uah$1@news.hal-pc.org> <3B28B104.807ED9AC@acm.org> <9gdpcm$267r$1@news.hal-pc.org> <9gnjf5$1q76$1@news.hal-pc.org> <3B2F9717.D5017BD6@bear.com> <9go7h8$26jn$1@news.hal-pc.org> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 993057262 mail2news:22308 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Lines: 21 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:6219 In article <9go7h8$26jn$1@news.hal-pc.org>, Greg Brewer writes >The short of it is that it is an error to assume a length for an int. It is >not illegal! It is an error to assume the length of any type. Indeed the error in assuming that short will be 16-bits is worse because so many assume that that must be right. Francis Glassborow ACCU 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]