number-limits
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Limits information for C number types.
Integer Limits
- CHICKEN Word limits (see chicken.h)
- machine-word-bits
- Number of bits in machine word : C_WORD_SIZE
- maximum-unsigned-machine-word
- Largest machine word value : C_UWORD_MAX
- most-negative-machine-word
- Smallest negative machine word value : C_WORD_MIN (long or int)
- most-positive-machine-word
- Largest positive machine word value : C_WORD_MAX (long or int)
- unsigned-integer32-size
- Sizeof uint32_t
- maximum-unsigned-integer32
- Largest uint32_t value
- most-negative-integer32
- Smallest negative int32_t value
- most-positive-integer32
- Largest negative int32_t value
- unsigned-integer64-size
- Sizeof uint64_t
- maximum-unsigned-integer64
- Largest uint64_t value
- most-negative-integer64
- Smallest negative int64_t value
- most-positive-integer64
- Largest negative int64_t value
- char-size
- Sizeof the C type
- unsigned-char-size
- Sizeof the C type
- short-size
- Sizeof the C type
- unsigned-short-size
- Sizeof the C type
- int-size
- Sizeof the C type
- unsigned-int-size
- Sizeof the C type
- long-size
- Sizeof the C type
- unsigned-long-size
- Sizeof the C type
- long-long-size
- Sizeof the C type, -1 when unsupported
- unsigned-long-long-size
- Sizeof the C type, -1 when unsupported
Float Limits
- float-radix
- Representation base of floating point number
- maximum-float
- Largest floating point number
- minimum-float
- Smallest floating point number
- float-epsilon
- The difference between 1.0 and the least value > 1.0 of a floating point number
- float-precision
- Number of digits in mantissa base radix of floating point number
- float-decimal-precision
- Number of digits in mantissa base 10 of floating point number
- float-maximum-exponent
- Largest exponent in base radix of floating point number
- float-minimum-exponent
- Smallest exponent in base radix of floating point number
- float-maximum-decimal-exponent
- Largest exponent in base 10 of floating point number
- float-minimum-decimal-exponent
- Smallest exponent in base 10 of floating point number
- maximum-double
- Largest floating point number
- minimum-double
- Smallest floating point number
- double-epsilon
- The difference between 1.0 and the least value > 1.0 of a floating point number
- double-precision
- Number of digits in mantissa base radix of floating point number
- double-decimal-precision
- Number of digits in mantissa base 10 of floating point number
- double-maximum-exponent
- Largest exponent in base radix of floating point number
- double-minimum-exponent
- Smallest exponent in base radix of floating point number
- double-maximum-decimal-exponent
- Largest exponent in base 10 of floating point number
- double-minimum-decimal-exponent
- Smallest exponent in base 10 of floating point number
No long-double information since long double is not a supported foreign return type.
Usage
int-limits
(import int-limits)
float-limits
(import float-limits)
number-limits
Reexports the above.
(import number-limits)
Author
Repository
This egg is hosted on the CHICKEN Subversion repository:
https://anonymous@code.call-cc.org/svn/chicken-eggs/release/5/number-limits
If you want to check out the source code repository of this egg and you are not familiar with Subversion, see this page.
Version history
- 3.0.4
- word limits, not fixnum.
- 3.0.0
- CHICKEN 5 release.
- 2.1.0
- 64 bit values using numbers.
- 2.0.0
- Chicken 4 release. Renamed extension files.
License
Copyright (C) 2009 Kon Lovett. All rights reserved.
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