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Floating-point arithmetic has a range of problems associated with it. Some (but not all) of the problems can be overcome by using an implementation that conforms to a recognised standard. An example of an appropriate standard is ANSI/IEEE Std 754 [21].

The definition of the floating-point types, in accordance with Guideline , provides an opportunity for noting the floating-point standard in use, for example: 

/* IEEE 754 single-precision floating-point */
typedef float float32_t;

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