in cddefines.h the following two are set #define SMALLFLOAT 1e-35f #define SMALLDOUBLE 1e-300 to prepare for 64 bit platforms, do not cast pointers to the 32-bit types int, long, ULONG, or DWORD, use UINT_PTR or INT_PRT abstract types instead. in ANSI c limits for the current processor are stored in #include for visual c++ on intel nt values are #define DBL_DIG 15 /* # of decimal digits of precision */ #define DBL_EPSILON 2.2204460492503131e-016 /* smallest such that 1.0+DBL_EPSILON != 1.0 */ #define DBL_MANT_DIG 53 /* # of bits in mantissa */ #define DBL_MAX 1.7976931348623158e+308 /* max value */ #define DBL_MAX_10_EXP 308 /* max decimal exponent */ #define DBL_MAX_EXP 1024 /* max binary exponent */ #define DBL_MIN 2.2250738585072014e-308 /* min positive value */ #define DBL_MIN_10_EXP (-307) /* min decimal exponent */ #define DBL_MIN_EXP (-1021) /* min binary exponent */ #define _DBL_RADIX 2 /* exponent radix */ #define _DBL_ROUNDS 1 /* addition rounding: near */ #define FLT_DIG 6 /* # of decimal digits of precision */ #define FLT_EPSILON 1.192092896e-07F /* smallest such that 1.0+FLT_EPSILON != 1.0 */ #define FLT_GUARD 0 #define FLT_MANT_DIG 24 /* # of bits in mantissa */ #define FLT_MAX 3.402823466e+38F /* max value */ #define FLT_MAX_10_EXP 38 /* max decimal exponent */ #define FLT_MAX_EXP 128 /* max binary exponent */ #define FLT_MIN 1.175494351e-38F /* min positive value */ #define FLT_MIN_10_EXP (-37) /* min decimal exponent */ #define FLT_MIN_EXP (-125) /* min binary exponent */ #define FLT_NORMALIZE 0 #define FLT_RADIX 2 /* exponent radix */ #define FLT_ROUNDS 1 /* addition rounding: near */ in ANSI C interger limits are in #include #define MB_LEN_MAX 2 /* max. # bytes in multibyte char */ #define SHRT_MIN (-32768) /* minimum (signed) short value */ #define SHRT_MAX 32767 /* maximum (signed) short value */ #define USHRT_MAX 0xffff /* maximum unsigned short value */ #define INT_MIN (-2147483647 - 1) /* minimum (signed) int value */ #define INT_MAX 2147483647 /* maximum (signed) int value */ #define UINT_MAX 0xffffffff /* maximum unsigned int value */ #define LONG_MIN (-2147483647L - 1) /* minimum (signed) long value */ #define LONG_MAX 2147483647L /* maximum (signed) long value */ #define ULONG_MAX 0xffffffffUL /* maximum unsigned long value */