ack/mach/proto/fp/sbf8.c
1988-07-25 10:46:15 +00:00

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/*
(c) copyright 1988 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
*/
/* $Header$ */
/*
SUBTRACT TWO FLOATS - DOUBLE Precision (SBF 8)
*/
#include "FP_types.h"
extern _double adf8();
_double
sbf8(s2,s1)
_double s1,s2;
{
/* changing the sign directly */
/* is faster than the code line */
/* s2 = -s2; */
char unsigned *p; /* sufficient to access sign bit */
if (s2.__double[0] == 0 && s2.__double[1] == 0) {
return s1;
}
p = (char unsigned *) &s2;
*p ^= 0x80; /* change sign of s2 */
s1 = adf8(s2,s1); /* add and return result */
return(s1);
}