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0 pointsithkuil1y ago0 comments

You check the tag before doing float operations

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And afterwards, because floating-point arithmetic can change the value of the tag. This isn't necessary with NaN-boxing, because it uses NaN bit patterns that the hardware never generates.

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0 pointsithkuil1y ago0 comments

You check the tag before doing float operations

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pansa21y ago

And afterwards, because floating-point arithmetic can change the value of the tag. This isn't necessary with NaN-boxing, because it uses NaN bit patterns that the hardware never generates.

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