[Insight-developers] Non-ITK question

[Johnson, Hans J]

Brad:  Thanks.

Rick:  Given Brad's extensive experience, I think that going with double
is a very reasonable solution.

Hans


On 3/11/11 10:32 AM, "Brad King" <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:

>On 03/11/2011 09:39 AM, Johnson, Hans J wrote:
>> Would you mind providing me with a quick response regarding the
>> long-term (say 10 years) safety of depending on sizeof(double) being 8
>> bytes in C?
>
>I cannot say anything authoritative, but I would be surprised if the
>representation under 'double' changes any time soon.  A lot of software
>depends on the current size.  Even if it does change there will likely
>be a new type name that refers to the same layout that one may use to
>substitute in the header struct.
>
>Note that you still need to deal with byte order!
>
>> Any recommendations so that we maximize maintainability and portability
>> to next generation 128bit computers?
>
>I've had no experience that qualifies me to comment on this one ;)
>
>-Brad



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