63 lines
1.6 KiB
JavaScript
63 lines
1.6 KiB
JavaScript
/**
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* @license Apache-2.0
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*
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* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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'use strict';
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/**
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* Half-precision floating-point negative infinity.
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*
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* @module @stdlib/constants/float16/ninf
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* @type {number}
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*
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* @example
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* var FLOAT16_NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float16/ninf' );
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* // returns -infinity
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*/
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// MODULES //
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var Number = require( '@stdlib/number/ctor' );
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// MAIN //
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/**
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* Half-precision floating-point negative infinity.
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*
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* ## Notes
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*
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* Half-precision floating-point negative infinity has the bit sequence
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*
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* ```binarystring
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* 1 11111 0000000000
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* ```
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*
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* This bit sequence corresponds to the unsigned 16-bit integer `64512` and to the HEX value `0xfc00`.
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*
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* @constant
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* @type {number}
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* @default -infinity
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* @see [half-precision floating-point format]{@link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format}
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*/
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var FLOAT16_NINF = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY; // TODO: if, and when, float16 is natively available, assign the true constant; otherwise, fall back to float64
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// EXPORTS //
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module.exports = FLOAT16_NINF;
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