use of MAXFLOAT in share/vm/opto/addnode.cpp

[Kelly O'Hair]

Sticking my nose in again... :^(

I remember some issue with normalized vs. non-normalized IEEE, or something like that,
but I agree with deleting it.  Wish people would add comments when they do these things.

-kto

On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Tom Rodriguez wrote:

> 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
>> 
>