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- /* `HUGE_VAL' constant for IEEE 754 machines (where it is infinity).
- Used by <stdlib.h> and <math.h> functions for overflow.
-
- Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
- The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
- not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
- Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #ifndef _HUGE_VAL_H
- #define _HUGE_VAL_H 1
-
- #include <sys/cdefs.h>
- #include <endian.h>
-
- /* IEEE positive infinity. */
-
- #if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
- #define __huge_val_bytes { 0x7f, 0xf0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
- #endif
- #if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
- #define __huge_val_bytes { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xf0, 0x7f }
- #endif
-
- #ifdef __GNUC__
- #define HUGE_VAL \
- (__extension__ ((union { unsigned char __c[8]; \
- double __d; }) \
- { __huge_val_bytes }).__d)
- #else /* Not GCC. */
- static __const char __huge_val[8] = __huge_val_bytes;
- #define HUGE_VAL (*(__const double *) __huge_val)
- #endif /* GCC. */
-
- #endif /* huge_val.h */
-