2014-12-04 0:08 GMT+01:00 Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu>:

> On Mon, 1 Dec 2014, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>
>  I was assuming that any of add or subtract positive or negative zero, or
>> multiply or divide by 1.0 would do the trick.  Why wouldn't this be
>> adequate?
>>
>
> I think "x + 0.0" is adequate, but unnatural. It reminds me of
> javascript's typecast hacks.
>
>
No, it's not, it would transform a negative zero into a positive one...
Maybe x - 0.0


>  Ah, I see.  Hang on.  There is no support for SmallFloat64 on 32-bit Spur.
>> Only in a 64-bit image/on a 64-bit Spur VM will you be able to create
>> instances of SmallFloat64.  And so far I only have this working in the VM
>> simulator.  I've yet to try and create a real VM, and even then it will
>> only be a Stack VM.
>>
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to support them in a 32-bit VM? Aren't object
> headers the same in both VMs? Or is it because of the difference in
> alignment?
>
> Levente
>
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