(j3.2006) Does C99 have an equivalent to HUGE?

[Fred J. Tydeman]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:23 -0700, Van Snyder wrote:

>I have a C code in which gcc 4.4.0 on a Mac notices
>
>e_float/efx/e_float_efx.h(57) : warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
>e_float/efx/e_float_efx.h(58) : warning: integer constant is too large for 'long' type
>
>The code in question is:
>      static const INT64 ef_max_exp10    = static_cast<INT64>(+89999999999999999);
>      static const INT64 ef_min_exp10    = static_cast<INT64>(-89999999999999999);
>
>In Fortran, I'd probably use HUGE to initialize these constants.
>
>Does C99 have an equivalent?

Yes.  In <limits.h>, there are:
 LLONG_MAX and LLONG_MIN

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