thanks now everything begins to be more understandable

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> Il giorno 21 lug 2021, alle ore 23:40, John Maddock via Boost-users 
> <boost-users@lists.boost.org> ha scritto:
> 
> On 21/07/2021 19:07, Stefano Gragnani via Boost-users wrote:
>> further clarification if possible:
>> 
>> why the 2 lines that don't compile:
>> 
>> // float128 e1 = exp(1.Q); // Note argument to exp is type float128.
>> // std::cout << e1 << std::endl; // 2.71828182845904523536028747135266231
>> 
>>  if i put them in the following code compile regularly?
> 
> You're mixing up 2 different things:
> 
> * If you want to use __float128 "as if" it were no different to float/double 
> etc, then include boost/math/cstdfloat.hpp
> 
> * If you want a 128-bit floating point type which hides the underlying 
> implementation then use boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp.
> 
> Note that these are completely different approaches to the same problem, and 
> are completely different types.
> 
> Also note that strictly speaking, boost/math/cstdfloat.hpp is NOT C++ 
> conformant, as it adds function overloads directly to namespace std.
> 
> 
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