(Free42) tips & tricks: local flags

[Paul Dale]

(07-24-2020 11:14 AM)Albert Chan Wrote:  But, if we use binary float to hold flags, there is no reason to avoid them.

My concerns are about the possibility of the value changing behind the scenes and signalling NaNs. These shouldn't be a problem but a compiler being clever or a poor implementation might be.

They'd also make for a surprising display for the user.


Pauli