GDC release 0.23

[Sean Kelly]

David Friedman wrote:
> 
> The double+double type has caused me no end of trouble, but I think it 
> is important to maintain interoperability with C.  If I make the D 
> 'real' implementation IEEE double, there would be no way interact with C 
> code that uses 'long double'.  I could add another floating point type 
> for this purpose, but that would diverge from the D spec more than what 
> I have now.

Yeah that doesn't sound like a very attractive option.  Some of the 
later replies in the Darwin thread mention a compiler switch:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-development/2001/Jan/msg00471.html

Is that a possibility?  Or did that switch not make it into an actual 
release?


Sean