[Mono-dev] conv.r.un opcode

[Rodrigo Kumpera]

Stack type F is always float64.

Your confusion may come from the fact that interger values on stack can be
eithet signed or unsigned. So each opcode has to specify how to handle the
value.

But your view that conv.r.un could be better named as conv.r8.un is correct,
thou it only works with integers on stack.

The point of conv.r4 or conv.r8 on a F value is to be precision consistent.


2008/12/15 Kornél Pál <kornelpal at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> I have read the ECMA specs regarding conv.r.un and I found that
> conv.r.un converts an unsigned integer either to float32 or to float64.
>
> The stack only has an F type and the range of F >= than the range of
> float64.
>
> Summarizing the above I believe that the standard specifies that
> conv.r.un is conv.r8.un in fact.
>
> On the other hand both MS and Mono compilers use conv.r.un and conv.r8
> in pair.
>
> If I assume that F is not the same as float64 can I safely assume that
> conv.r.un converts to a float64 or should I assume that it is F that may
> have wider range and/or precision than float64?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kornél
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