Tracking Issue for fN::BITS
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Description
Feature gate: #![feature(float_bits_const)]
This is a tracking issue for fN::BITS.
This adds f32::BITS and f64::BITS, (additionally f16::BITS and f128::BITS) constants, analogous to the existing {integer}::BITS.
Public API
impl f32 {
pub const BITS: u32 = 32;
}
impl f64 {
pub const BITS: u32 = 64;
}
Steps / History
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- ACP: rust-lang/libs-team#722
- Implementation: rust-lang/rust#151109
- Final comment period (FCP)^1
- Stabilization PR
Unresolved Questions
- None yet.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read the feature-gated API description and implementation PR rust-lang/rust#151109 first. Review the stabilization status and unresolved-questions section; the stated done condition is completion of the tracking checklist, which is already checked.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100