On 02.04.2025 07:59, Alexis wrote:>
Thought people here might be interested in this image on Jens Gustedt's
blog, which translates section 6.2.5, "Types", of the C23 standard
into a graph of inclusions:
https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/a-diagram-of-c23-basic-types/
A nice overview. - I have questions on some of these types...
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The _Decimal* types - are these just types with other implicit
encodings, say, BCD encoded, or some such?
IEEE 754 defines decimal floating point types now, so that's what
that is about. The spec allows for the significand to be encoded
using Binary Integer Decimal, or to use Densely Packed Decimal.
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