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authorMark Wiebe <mwwiebe@gmail.com>2010-11-10 17:08:45 -0800
committerCharles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>2010-12-01 20:02:15 -0700
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DOC: core: Update docs for half/float16 type
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@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ uint16 Unsigned integer (0 to 65535)
uint32 Unsigned integer (0 to 4294967295)
uint64 Unsigned integer (0 to 18446744073709551615)
float Shorthand for ``float64``.
+float16 Half precision float: sign bit, 5 bits exponent,
+ 10 bits mantissa
float32 Single precision float: sign bit, 8 bits exponent,
23 bits mantissa
float64 Double precision float: sign bit, 11 bits exponent,