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1 Aug 2024 06:25:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: float/double precision  
From: Daniel Hulme
Date: 27 Jan 2006 04:15:46
Message: <20060127091609.42eafdc6@mekanori.mon.istic.org>
> In the help provided with the program:
> a search on "float" reveals endless references to float,
The user documentation doesn't trouble itself to distinguish between
single and double precision, subsuming them all as floating-point
numbers. If you search the source for references to SNGL and DBL (which
are typedef'd appropriately), you will find fewer areas where SNGL is
mentioned.

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