//! Constants for the `f16` half-precision floating point type. //! //! *[See also the `f16` primitive type][f16].* //! //! Mathematically significant numbers are provided in the `consts` sub-module. //! //! For the constants defined directly in this module //! (as distinct from those defined in the `consts` sub-module), //! new code should instead use the associated constants //! defined directly on the `f16` type. #![unstable(feature = "f16", issue = "116909")] use crate::mem; /// Basic mathematical constants. #[unstable(feature = "f16", issue = "116909")] pub mod consts {} #[cfg(not(test))] impl f16 { // FIXME(f16_f128): almost everything in this `impl` is missing examples and a const // implementation. Add these once we can run code on all platforms and have f16/f128 in CTFE. /// Returns `true` if this value is NaN. #[inline] #[must_use] #[unstable(feature = "f16", issue = "116909")] #[allow(clippy::eq_op)] // > if you intended to check if the operand is NaN, use `.is_nan()` instead :) pub const fn is_nan(self) -> bool { self != self } /// Returns `true` if `self` has a positive sign, including `+0.0`, NaNs with /// positive sign bit and positive infinity. Note that IEEE 754 doesn't assign any /// meaning to the sign bit in case of a NaN, and as Rust doesn't guarantee that /// the bit pattern of NaNs are conserved over arithmetic operations, the result of /// `is_sign_positive` on a NaN might produce an unexpected result in some cases. /// See [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info. #[inline] #[must_use] #[unstable(feature = "f128", issue = "116909")] pub fn is_sign_positive(self) -> bool { !self.is_sign_negative() } /// Returns `true` if `self` has a negative sign, including `-0.0`, NaNs with /// negative sign bit and negative infinity. Note that IEEE 754 doesn't assign any /// meaning to the sign bit in case of a NaN, and as Rust doesn't guarantee that /// the bit pattern of NaNs are conserved over arithmetic operations, the result of /// `is_sign_negative` on a NaN might produce an unexpected result in some cases. /// See [explanation of NaN as a special value](f32) for more info. #[inline] #[must_use] #[unstable(feature = "f128", issue = "116909")] pub fn is_sign_negative(self) -> bool { // IEEE754 says: isSignMinus(x) is true if and only if x has negative sign. isSignMinus // applies to zeros and NaNs as well. // SAFETY: This is just transmuting to get the sign bit, it's fine. (self.to_bits() & (1 << 15)) != 0 } /// Raw transmutation to `u16`. /// /// This is currently identical to `transmute::(self)` on all platforms. /// /// See [`from_bits`](#method.from_bits) for some discussion of the /// portability of this operation (there are almost no issues). /// /// Note that this function is distinct from `as` casting, which attempts to /// preserve the *numeric* value, and not the bitwise value. #[inline] #[unstable(feature = "f16", issue = "116909")] #[must_use = "this returns the result of the operation, without modifying the original"] pub fn to_bits(self) -> u16 { // SAFETY: `u16` is a plain old datatype so we can always... uh... // ...look, just pretend you forgot what you just read. // Stability concerns. unsafe { mem::transmute(self) } } /// Raw transmutation from `u16`. /// /// This is currently identical to `transmute::(v)` on all platforms. /// It turns out this is incredibly portable, for two reasons: /// /// * Floats and Ints have the same endianness on all supported platforms. /// * IEEE 754 very precisely specifies the bit layout of floats. /// /// However there is one caveat: prior to the 2008 version of IEEE 754, how /// to interpret the NaN signaling bit wasn't actually specified. Most platforms /// (notably x86 and ARM) picked the interpretation that was ultimately /// standardized in 2008, but some didn't (notably MIPS). As a result, all /// signaling NaNs on MIPS are quiet NaNs on x86, and vice-versa. /// /// Rather than trying to preserve signaling-ness cross-platform, this /// implementation favors preserving the exact bits. This means that /// any payloads encoded in NaNs will be preserved even if the result of /// this method is sent over the network from an x86 machine to a MIPS one. /// /// If the results of this method are only manipulated by the same /// architecture that produced them, then there is no portability concern. /// /// If the input isn't NaN, then there is no portability concern. /// /// If you don't care about signalingness (very likely), then there is no /// portability concern. /// /// Note that this function is distinct from `as` casting, which attempts to /// preserve the *numeric* value, and not the bitwise value. #[inline] #[must_use] #[unstable(feature = "f16", issue = "116909")] pub fn from_bits(v: u16) -> Self { // SAFETY: `u16` is a plain old datatype so we can always... uh... // ...look, just pretend you forgot what you just read. // Stability concerns. unsafe { mem::transmute(v) } } }