Type

Summary

A subtype of float .

Package

common-lisp

Signature

double-float

Description

double-float is disjoint from the other float subtypes in the UNIX and Mac OS implementations only (not LispWorks for Linux or LispWorks for Windows).

All floats are of type double-float in LispWorks for Windows and LispWorks for Linux. However, there are distinct specialized array types (array single-float) , with single precision, and (array double-float) , with double precision.

See also

long-float
short-float
single-float