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Constant Variable `short-float-epsilon, short-float-negative-epsilon, single-float-epsilon, single-float-negative-epsilon, double-float-epsilon, double-float-negative-epsilon, long-float-epsilon, long-float-negative-epsilon`

Constant Value:

12.10.0 10implementation-dependent.

Description:

The value of each of the constants short-float-epsilon, single-float-epsilon, double-float-epsilon, and long-float-epsilon is the smallest positive float $ε$ of the given format, such that the following expression is true when evaluated:

(not (= (float 1 $ε$ ) (+ (float 1 $ε$ ) $ε$ )))

The value of each of the constants short-float-negative-epsilon, single-float-negative-epsilon, double-float-negative-epsilon, and long-float-negative-epsilon is the smallest positive float $ε$ of the given format, such that the following expression is true when evaluated:

(not (= (float 1 $ε$ ) (- (float 1 $ε$ ) $ε$ )))

Examples:

None.

See Also:

None.

Notes:

None.

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