llvm dev - Apr 2008 - [LLVMdev] Floating-Point Constants

I'm confused about the hexadecimal format for entering floating-point 
constants.  The bit pattern for 1.0 as a single-precision float is 
0x3f800000.  I tried entering the constant as 'float 0x3f800000', but 
the assembler said the constant was invalid for the type.  The bit 
pattern for 1.0 as a double-precision float is 0x3ff0000000000000, so I 
entered the constant as 'float 0x3ff0000000000000', and it worked.
Is this the correct behavior?

Best Regards,
Jon

On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Jon Sargeant wrote:
> I'm confused about the hexadecimal format for entering floating-point
> constants.  The bit pattern for 1.0 as a single-precision float is
> 0x3f800000.  I tried entering the constant as 'float 0x3f800000',
but
> the assembler said the constant was invalid for the type.  The bit
> pattern for 1.0 as a double-precision float is 0x3ff0000000000000,  
> so I
> entered the constant as 'float 0x3ff0000000000000', and it worked.
> Is this the correct behavior?
Yes, it is.