MSVC win32: convert extended precision float (80-bit) to double (64-bit)
- by Dennis Yurichev
What is the most portable and "right" way to do conversion from extended precision float (80-bit value, also known as "long double" in some compilers) to double (64-bit) in MSVC win32/win64?
MSVC currently (as of 2010) assumes that "long double" is "double" synonym.