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Re: Proposal for `info float' layout
- To: kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl (Mark Kettenis)
- Subject: Re: Proposal for `info float' layout
- From: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:09:50 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, jimb at cygnus dot com, eliz at gnu dot org,jtc at redback dot com, hjl at lucon dot org
>
> Based on the input from the people on the list, I have made a proposal
> for how the output of `info float' should look. Please take a look at
> it and don't hesitate to mail me your comments.
>
> Here is how I think the output of `info float' (for a ficticious FPU
> state) should look like:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> R7: Valid 0x00000000000000000000 1.0000000000000000000
> =>R6: Special 0x00000000000000000000 +QNaN
> R5: Empty 0x00000000000000000000
> R4: Zero 0x00000000000000000000 -0
> R3: Special 0x00000000000000000000 0.0024438394034300000 Denormal
> R2: Empty 0x00000000000000000000
> R1: Empty 0x00000000000000000000
> R0: Empty 0x00000000000000000000
>
May I suggest we use
R3: Special 0x00000000000000000000 Denormal 0.0024438394034300000
R4: Empty 0x00000000000000000000 Zero 0
R4: Empty 0x00000000000000000000 Normal 1.0
It is more consistent and easy to read.
H.J.