On 21 November 2013 14:34, Glenn Fowler <glenn.s.fow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> nice find
> proposed descriptions for getpayload[fl]() setpayload[fl]()

What are the exact prototypes for a float, double and long double arguments?

> setpayloadsig[fl]() are in
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1664.pdf
> as a bonus these functions provide a way to create a nan without resorting
> to strtod("nan",0)
> i.e., exactly what ast need because it provides strtod() sfscanf() etc.
> this is what i was anticipating in the ast nan payload patch
>
> the only disconnect is that the api deals with floating payloads but
> describes the payloads themselves as non-negative integers
> I guess they do this in case the largest payload value is greater than the
> largest native integer

nans can only be positive integers >= 1

Ced
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Cedric Blancher <cedric.blanc...@gmail.com>
Institute Pasteur
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