src/pkg/math/bits.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package math

const (
	uvnan    = 0x7FF0000000000001
	uvinf    = 0x7FF0000000000000
	uvneginf = 0xFFF0000000000000
	mask     = 0x7FF
	shift    = 64 - 11 - 1
	bias     = 1022
)

// Inf returns positive infinity if sign >= 0, negative infinity if sign < 0.
func Inf(sign int) float64 {
	var v uint64
	if sign >= 0 {
		v = uvinf
	} else {
		v = uvneginf
	}
	return Float64frombits(v)
}

// NaN returns an IEEE 754 ``not-a-number'' value.
func NaN() float64 { return Float64frombits(uvnan) }

// IsNaN returns whether f is an IEEE 754 ``not-a-number'' value.
func IsNaN(f float64) (is bool) {
	// IEEE 754 says that only NaNs satisfy f != f.
	// To avoid the floating-point hardware, could use:
	//	x := Float64bits(f);
	//	return uint32(x>>shift)&mask == mask && x != uvinf && x != uvneginf
	return f != f
}

// IsInf returns whether f is an infinity, according to sign.
// If sign > 0, IsInf returns whether f is positive infinity.
// If sign < 0, IsInf returns whether f is negative infinity.
// If sign == 0, IsInf returns whether f is either infinity.
func IsInf(f float64, sign int) bool {
	// Test for infinity by comparing against maximum float.
	// To avoid the floating-point hardware, could use:
	//	x := Float64bits(f);
	//	return sign >= 0 && x == uvinf || sign <= 0 && x == uvneginf;
	return sign >= 0 && f > MaxFloat64 || sign <= 0 && f < -MaxFloat64
}