Is there a "float" type that is a Single now and a Double in 64 bit builds?

General
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OS X Cocoa uses a type named “CGFloat” that’s a 32 bit in 32 bit long builds and 64 bit long in 64 bit builds.
Is there a Xojo type that corresponds to that, similarly to Ptr and Integer that also adjust to the target build’s bit size?

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Once we get to 64 bit builds then we can probably answer this better
Since everything is 32 bit at the moment the question is kind of moot

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So there is none. That’s all I wanted to know.

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In my plugins I always use double in that case. Eventually it will be correct.

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[quote=44930:@Norman Palardy]Once we get to 64 bit builds then we can probably answer this better
Since everything is 32 bit at the moment the question is kind of moot[/quote]

Just a thought:
I did just use some Cocoa declares with “Single” for “CGFloat”.

I would love to have a similar data type today because it would allow to write now code which works without a change when 64-bit is available.
Without such a data type every declare has to be changed.

Comments?

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CGFloat is 32bit on 32bit (single) and 64bit on 64bit (double).
You can fill a feature request for a Float datatype which either is 32bit or 64bit like CGFloat.

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You could probably create your own data type, with using Operator_Convert to get the right type when needed.