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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0037486 | FPC | Documentation | public | 2020-08-05 09:38 | 2021-03-05 23:51 |
| Reporter | Sven Barth | Assigned To | Michael Van Canneyt | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 3.2.0 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 3.3.1 | ||||
| Summary | 0037486: Language Reference Guide should mention availability of floating point types | ||||
| Description | Currently the Language Reference Guide ( https://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/ref/refsu5.html#x27-300003.1.2 ) does not mention that not all floating types (especially Extended) are available on all platforms. This is mentioned in the Programmer's Guide ( https://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/prog/progsu159.html#x203-2110008.2.5 ), but not everyone is going to look there. Also it's not mentioned that Extended is not available on Win64 (by default). Sidenote: a Comp type is available on all platforms, however on any except x86 (excluding Win64 again) it's handled as an Int64 instead of by the FPU. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Fixed in Revision | 1768 | ||||
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| FPCTarget | 3.2.2 | ||||
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Improved the reference documentation, but also refer to programmer's guide. |
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Sorry for the late followup, but we should not say that the Single type is available on all platforms, at least not without restrictions: for example on AVR the type is not available by default. The whole floating point stuff is disabled there by default, cause the software emulation code is too heavyweight for that poor micro controller (and it doesn't have hardware floating point). |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-05 09:38 | Sven Barth | New Issue | |
| 2020-08-05 09:38 | Sven Barth | Status | new => assigned |
| 2020-08-05 09:38 | Sven Barth | Assigned To | => Michael Van Canneyt |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | Fixed in Version | => 3.3.1 |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | Fixed in Revision | => 1768 |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | FPCTarget | => 3.2.2 |
| 2020-11-08 21:57 | Michael Van Canneyt | Note Added: 0126803 | |
| 2021-03-05 23:51 | Sven Barth | Status | resolved => feedback |
| 2021-03-05 23:51 | Sven Barth | Resolution | fixed => open |
| 2021-03-05 23:51 | Sven Barth | Note Added: 0129417 |
