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ForeignRealType -- foreign real type

Description

This is the class for C real types. There are two built-in types, float for reals using the single-precision floating-point format and double for reals using the double-precision floating-point format.

i1 : float

o1 = float

o1 : ForeignRealType

i2 : double

o2 = double

o2 : ForeignRealType

Methods that use a foreign real type :

ForeignRealType Constant -- see ForeignRealType Number -- cast a Macaulay2 number to a foreign real object
ForeignRealType Number -- cast a Macaulay2 number to a foreign real object
ForeignRealType RRi -- see ForeignRealType Number -- cast a Macaulay2 number to a foreign real object

Fixed objects of class ForeignRealType :

double
float
mpfrT -- MPFR multiple-precision floating-point type

For the programmer

The object ForeignRealType is a type, with ancestor classes ForeignType < Type < MutableHashTable < HashTable < Thing.