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From: mhw@cs.brown.edu (Mark Weaver)
Subject: Re: values.h
In-Reply-To: kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de's message of 25 Jun 1993 17:52:15 GMT
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 21:44:44 GMT
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In article <20fe0f$nvn@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes:
> I'm wondering why 386bsd does not contain 'values.h'. I came across this
> while porting a package. This file was mainly included to supply
> DSIGNIF (significant bits for a double) (BTW, what is it for 386bsd? 53?).

That information is in /usr/include/float.h.  I believe that is the
standard place for it.

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