[fpc-pascal]Re: How to convert between double and extended? (Mattias Gaertner)

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:27:10 +0200  Florian Klaempfl <F.Klaempfl at gmx.de>
wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >>I suggest to reverse the byte at the PPC side, and to "stream" the  
> >>doubles to the i386 box, and to assign the double there to an extended  
> >>variable. In this case there is no need for a special conversion  
> >>routine between double and extended since this is handled by the math  
> >>co-processor automatically.
> > 
> > 
> > The problem is a binary stream format coming from the i386 object pascal
> > world, using extended and single, but no doubles. So I must be able to
> > create and read i386 10 bytes extended. It's ok to loose some precision.
> 
> Shall I write some code?

Is this a trick question? :)


Mattias