Language Reference Guide should mention availability of floating point types
Original Reporter info from Mantis: PascalDragon @PascalDragon
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Reporter name: Sven Barth
Original Reporter info from Mantis: PascalDragon @PascalDragon
- Reporter name: Sven Barth
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.
Mantis conversion info:
- Mantis ID: 37486
- Version: 3.2.0
- Fixed in version: 3.3.1
- Fixed in revision: 1768 (#8d6da889)
- Target version: 3.2.2