How to enable long double in Intel ICC

[safris]

I'm on MacOS, and am following the guide Using the Intel® Math Library to implement the first example:

// real_math.c
#include <stdio.h> 
#include <mathimf.h>

int main() {
 float fp32bits;
 double fp64bits;
 long double fp80bits;
 long double pi_by_four = 3.141592653589793238/4.0;

// pi/4 radians is about 45 degrees
 fp32bits = (float) pi_by_four; // float approximation to pi/4
 fp64bits = (double) pi_by_four; // double approximation to pi/4
 fp80bits = pi_by_four; // long double (extended) approximation to pi/4

// The sin(pi/4) is known to be 1/sqrt(2) or approximately .7071067 
 printf("When x = %8.8f, sinf(x) = %8.8f \n", fp32bits, sinf(fp32bits));
 printf("When x = %16.16f, sin(x) = %16.16f \n", fp64bits, sin(fp64bits));
 printf("When x = %20.20Lf, sinl(x) = %20.20Lf \n", fp80bits, sinl(fp80bits));

 return 0; 
}

 As directed in the guide, I compile with:

icc real_math.c

When I execute, I get:

When x = 0.78539819, sinf(x) = 0.70710677 
When x = 0.7853981633974483, sin(x) = 0.7071067811865475 
When x = 0.78539816339744830952, sinl(x) = 0.00000000000000000000 

I've searched wide and far, and all examples seem to show that this should be trivial. What am I missing?

I tried to pass -long_double to icc, but nothing changes.

[safris · Accepted solution]

Ok, I figured it out. This problem was caused by an error on my part due to the omission of 1 character: L. Specifically, somehow in my own code on my computer I had this:

 printf("When x = %20.20Lf, sinl(x) = %20.20f \n", fp80bits, sinl(fp80bits));

and the correct code is this (note %20.20f vs %20.20Lf

 printf("When x = %20.20Lf, sinl(x) = %20.20Lf \n", fp80bits, sinl(fp80bits));

I'm not even sure how this could have happened, but this was the root cause.

[GouthamK_Intel]

Hi,

We have tried to run the attached source code which you have provided, and we don't see any issues.

Could you please confirm if your issue is resolved?

If resolved, let us know if we can close this thread from our side.

Thanks & Regards

Goutham

[GouthamK_Intel]

Hi, 

Glad to know that your issue is resolved!

Thanks for the confirmation!

As this issue has been resolved, we will no longer respond to this thread. 

If you require any additional assistance from Intel, please start a new thread. 

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Have a Good day!

Thanks & Regards

Goutham