[M3devel] Integer literals

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 06:55:27AM +0000, Jay K wrote:
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> TYPE Int1 = BITS 32, unsigned, integer, trap overflow;
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> TYPE Int2 = BITS 64, signed, integer, silent overflow;
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> TYPE Float1 = BITS 64, floating point, signed, mantissa 53, exponent 10;
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> TYPE Float2 = BITS 128, floating point, signed, mantissa 106, exponent 20;
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> and then provide just a few "canned" "popular" types so that
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> a lot of code can interoperate with a lot of code, but if a programmer
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> really needs something else, he has a chance of defining it.
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> Or maybe we can only define what is efficient in hardware, but still
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> do so with a syntax like this??

That resembles the approach of C--.  You have to explicitly define the 
precision, byte sex, etc. of your data, and the compiler refuses your 
program if it doesn't match what the machine provides.

-- hendrik