Extended data type

erosolmi · Post by **erosolmi** » Aug 22, 2008 0:02

Are extended floating point numbers (10 bytes, 80 bits, 18 digits of precision) supported by FreeBasic ?
I'm interfacing some DLL developed with Power Basic that have EXT parameters passed BYREF.

Thanks a lot
Eros

1000101 · Post by **1000101** » Aug 22, 2008 0:06

No, but you're welcome to submit a compiler patch to allow native support.

erosolmi · Post by **erosolmi** » Aug 22, 2008 0:15

I'm sorry, I cannot contribute.
I know how to write interpreters ( http://www.thinbasic.com ) but I have no clue on how to write compilers.

erosolmi · Post by **erosolmi** » Aug 22, 2008 1:37

I saw there is a real10 example library in official FreeBasic installation. I will start from there.