glibc/sysdeps/ieee754/bits/nan.h

/* `NAN' constant for IEEE 754 machines.
   Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#ifndef _MATH_H
# error "Never use <bits/nan.h> directly; include <math.h> instead."
#endif


/* IEEE Not A Number.  */

#ifdef	__GNUC__

# define NAN \
  (__extension__                                                            \
   ((union { unsigned __l __attribute__((__mode__(__SI__))); float __d; })  \
    { __l: 0x7fc00000UL }).__d)

#else

# include <endian.h>

# if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
#  define __nan_bytes		{ 0x7f, 0xc0, 0, 0 }
# endif
# if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
#  define __nan_bytes		{ 0, 0, 0xc0, 0x7f }
# endif

static union { unsigned char __c[4]; float __d; } __nan = { __nan_bytes };
# define NAN	(__nan.__d)

#endif	/* GCC.  */