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Idiom #248 Construct a 64-bit floating-point value

Construct the "double precision" (64-bit) floating point number d from the mantissa m, the exponent e and the sign flag s (true means the sign is negative).

  if (s) then
    d = -m * radix(d)**e
  else
    d =  m * radix(d)**e
  end if


uses SysUtils;
d.buildup(s, m, e);
import math
sign = -1 if s else 1
d = math.ldexp(sign*m,e)
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  if (s) then
    d = -m * radix(d)**e
  else
    d =  m * radix(d)**e
  end if


d.buildup(s, m, e);
sign = -1 if s else 1
d = math.ldexp(sign*m,e)