On 25 September 2010 21:45, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> wrote:
> Sig,
>
> Something that I would very much like to go on not really understanding<g> is that complexity of returning a double, and its further impact on callbacks. �Aside from the usual myriad uses, my biggest interest in callbacks is for numerical analysis where double return values are very common. �Is that something that you can make work by near magic? �I don't really care if they require special handling, but it would be very nice if they are at least not very difficult to set up.
>
In short: yes.

In long: you can always create own numeric type (like MyDouble) in
smalltalk with its own storage format/fields.
And with NativeBoost you can implement C<->smalltalk coercions for
instances of this class.

NativeBoost type lookup logic allows you to control types and/or
aliases on a per-class basis.
So, you can still use 'double' in function specification, and then
make it to use MyDouble instances, instead of default Float.

Btw, in Squeak Float using same storage size (64 bits) as C double,
except that it stores them in big-endian format.
In Cog VM, they are stored in little-endian, since cog runs on
little-endian machines.

> Bill
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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.

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