From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: double trouble
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:37:52 -0700
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Stephen Snape wrote:

> DJGPP won't let this happen. I can't access a bit in a double, why? It
> keeps saying invalid operand to binary, and it's driving me mad.

You can only bitshift integers, not floating points.  The reason is
pretty obvious -- bitshifting is well-defined and meaningful for
integers, but not so for floating point.  After all, there are some bit
patterns that don't correspond to _any_ valid floating point number.

> Thanks in advance, reply in e mail if you want,

[Posted and emailed.]

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