On 16 May 2016 at 13:03, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On 5/15/2016 7:01 PM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote: >> >> Are you saying 'float' in CTFE is not 'float'? I protest this about as >> strongly as I can muster... > > > I imagine you'll be devastated when you discover that the C++ Standard does > not require 32 bit floats to have 32 bit precision either, and never did. > > :-)
I've never read the C++ standard, but I have more experience with a wide range of real-world compilers than most, and it is rarely very violated. The times it is, we've known about it, and it has made us all very, very angry.