readme updates for std::float16_t and std::bfloat16_t

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Anders Dalvander 2024-12-04 21:12:25 +01:00
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@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ The library seeks to follow the C++17 (see
Furthermore, we have the following restrictions:
* We support `float` and `double`, but not `long double`. We also support
fixed-width floating-point types such as `std::float32_t` and
`std::float64_t`.
fixed-width floating-point types such as `std::float64_t`, `std::float32_t`,
`std::float16_t`, and `std::bfloat16_t`.
* We only support the decimal format: we do not support hexadecimal strings.
* For values that are either very large or very small (e.g., `1e9999`), we
represent it using the infinity or negative infinity value and the returned
@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ constexpr double constexptest() {
## C++23: Fixed width floating-point types
The library also supports fixed-width floating-point types such as
`std::float32_t` and `std::float64_t`. E.g., you can write:
`std::float64_t`, `std::float32_t`, `std::float16_t`, and `std::bfloat16_t`.
E.g., you can write:
```C++
std::float32_t result;