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<h3 class="section">6.15 Fixed-Point Types</h3>
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As an extension, GNU C supports fixed-point types as
defined in the N1169 draft of ISO/IEC DTR 18037. Support for fixed-point
types in GCC will evolve as the draft technical report changes.
Calling conventions for any target might also change. Not all targets
support fixed-point types.
<p>The fixed-point types are
<code>short _Fract</code>,
<code>_Fract</code>,
<code>long _Fract</code>,
<code>long long _Fract</code>,
<code>unsigned short _Fract</code>,
<code>unsigned _Fract</code>,
<code>unsigned long _Fract</code>,
<code>unsigned long long _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat short _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat long _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat long long _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned short _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned long _Fract</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned long long _Fract</code>,
<code>short _Accum</code>,
<code>_Accum</code>,
<code>long _Accum</code>,
<code>long long _Accum</code>,
<code>unsigned short _Accum</code>,
<code>unsigned _Accum</code>,
<code>unsigned long _Accum</code>,
<code>unsigned long long _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat short _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat long _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat long long _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned short _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned long _Accum</code>,
<code>_Sat unsigned long long _Accum</code>.
<p>Fixed-point data values contain fractional and optional integral parts.
The format of fixed-point data varies and depends on the target machine.
<p>Support for fixed-point types includes:
<ul>
<li>prefix and postfix increment and decrement operators (<code>++</code>, <code>--</code>)
<li>unary arithmetic operators (<code>+</code>, <code>-</code>, <code>!</code>)
<li>binary arithmetic operators (<code>+</code>, <code>-</code>, <code>*</code>, <code>/</code>)
<li>binary shift operators (<code><<</code>, <code>>></code>)
<li>relational operators (<code><</code>, <code><=</code>, <code>>=</code>, <code>></code>)
<li>equality operators (<code>==</code>, <code>!=</code>)
<li>assignment operators (<code>+=</code>, <code>-=</code>, <code>*=</code>, <code>/=</code>,
<code><<=</code>, <code>>>=</code>)
<li>conversions to and from integer, floating-point, or fixed-point types
</ul>
<p>Use a suffix in a fixed-point literal constant:
<ul>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">hr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">HR</span></samp>’ for <code>short _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat short _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">r</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">R</span></samp>’ for <code>_Fract</code> and <code>_Sat _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">lr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">LR</span></samp>’ for <code>long _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat long _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">llr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">LLR</span></samp>’ for <code>long long _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat long long _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">uhr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">UHR</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned short _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned short _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">ur</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">UR</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">ulr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">ULR</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned long _Fract</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned long _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">ullr</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">ULLR</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned long long _Fract</code>
and <code>_Sat unsigned long long _Fract</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">hk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">HK</span></samp>’ for <code>short _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat short _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">k</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">K</span></samp>’ for <code>_Accum</code> and <code>_Sat _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">lk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">LK</span></samp>’ for <code>long _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat long _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">llk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">LLK</span></samp>’ for <code>long long _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat long long _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">uhk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">UHK</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned short _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned short _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">uk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">UK</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">ulk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">ULK</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned long _Accum</code> and
<code>_Sat unsigned long _Accum</code>
<li>‘<samp><span class="samp">ullk</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">ULLK</span></samp>’ for <code>unsigned long long _Accum</code>
and <code>_Sat unsigned long long _Accum</code>
</ul>
<p>GCC support of fixed-point types as specified by the draft technical report
is incomplete:
<ul>
<li>Pragmas to control overflow and rounding behaviors are not implemented.
</ul>
<p>Fixed-point types are supported by the DWARF 2 debug information format.
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