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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Floating-point operations
Date: 12 Jan 2002 20:40:57 GMT
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Alex Oleynikov <alex AT compuweigh DOT com> wrote:

> 1.Regarding representation of the floating-point numbers in binary format:
> Does DJGPP store single- and double-precision FP numbers in IEEE-754 format?

It's not exactly DJGPP that decides this, but rather the Intel FPU itself.
But yes, it is indeed IEEE-754.

> 2.How can I correctly instruct RHIDE to use a certain output format for
> watching contents of variables? I know different specifiers (e.g. /x /t /f
> etc.), but how can I get an exact memory dump of a certain variable (in
> other words, how can I use GDB's examine command for a variable) ?

If all else fails, you can always open the internal GDB command window
of RHIDE and type your "examine" commands there.

> Thank you


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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