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To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: MAXDOUBLE and values.h? 
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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> <<On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:39:21 +0000, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> said:
> 
> > You should use <sys/limits.h>, and MAXDOUBLE will come out of the 
> > machine-specific headers in <machine/>
> 
> <style lang="en" variant="bde">
> No.  The header file you mentioned is called <limits.h>, but it is
> for integer limits only.  Floating-point limits are located in
> <float.h>, where `MAXDOUBLE' is spelled `DBL_MAX'.
> </style>

Ahh.  Is DBL_MAX a portable thing?  Like, can I assume it complies to some
obscure ANSI, POSIX or Linux standard?  Or should I use another FreeBSD
ifdef?

- alex

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