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On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Charles Henry  wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Martin Homuth-Rosemann

>  wrote:

>> {

>>   // define an aliasing type to perform a "reinterpret cast"

>>   typedef __u32 __attribute__ (( __may_alias__ )) u32bit;

>>   if ( *( (u32bit*)&f ) & 0x7F000000 ) // E > 1 : normal.

>

> Is there a 64-bit version of the same?  This appears to work with a

> 32-bit unsigned int as a pointer, meaning that it's applicable to

> 32-bits.  How does a "reinterpret cast" work?

Wait... I'll answer that one myself.  It's applicable to 64-bits.  The

u32bit* is whatever size the address space is.  So, it doesn't matter.
The reinterpret cast is making this 32-bit float into a 32-bit integer

directly without numerical conversion.

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