No, it looks like an old useless def that could be deleted. Is it causing problems for you? tom On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:37 PM, roger hoover wrote: > ./src/share/vm/opto/addnode.cpp:37:#define MAXFLOAT ((float)3.40282346638528860e+38) > > Can anyone explain the inclusion of the above definition of MAXFLOAT? > > roger >