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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
>>> I'll just insert my usual "real is not a type, but an alias"...
>>
>> I thought it's a real type. No?
> 
> No, "real" is an alias for "largest hardware implemented floating point
> size". So it can be anything from 64 to 80 to 96 to 128 bits in size...

Yes, it's a type of unknown width. But it's a distinct type nontheless 
for all I know. For example, even on a system that had 64-bit math, real 
would be a distinct type from double even if they had the same size and 
behavior.

Andrei