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Re: [PATCH v1 02/36] Guile extension language: doc additions


> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic CourtÃs)
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 12:57:21 +0100
> 
> > What about long double support?
> 
> Guile doesnât support it out of the box.
> 
> If needed, it could easily be implemented as an extension: one would use
> a SMOB to wrap long doubles and pass them to Scheme, and possibly define
> methods for â+â, â-â, etc. for objects of this type.
> 
> Of course, this wouldnât be terribly efficient, but thatâs not so
> important here I think; what matters is that it would allow âlong
> doubleâ values to be passed around without loss of accuracy.
> 
> That said, my feeling is that leaving things as is (with long doubles
> cast to doubles) may prove to be sufficient for most practical uses of
> GDB.
> 
> WDYT?

Well, GDB supports long double if the target does, so I thought it
would be a pity to lose that when working with Guile.  But maybe I
misunderstand something, and this isn't a real problem.


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