floating point constants

Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:07:04 +0100 (BST)

Hi all,

Why do these lines not compile?

Const MAXDOUBLE   = 1.79769313486231570e + 308;
Const MINDOUBLE   = 2.22507385850720140e - 308;
Const MAXFLOAT    = 3.40282346638528860e + 38;
Const MINFLOAT    = 1.17549435082228750e - 38;

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