This typo has gone unnoticed for 15 years. I had to check whether it was supposed to say __float128 or _Float128, but based on the commit that added it, the answer was obviously __float128.
Committed as obvious. -- >8 -- gcc/ChangeLog: * doc/extend.texi (Floating Types): Fix "_float128" typo. --- gcc/doc/extend.texi | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi index be3ea890c47..a5afb467d23 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ add, subtract, multiply, divide; unary arithmetic operators; relational operators; equality operators; and conversions to and from integer and other floating types. Use a suffix @samp{w} or @samp{W} in a literal constant of type @code{__float80} or type -@code{__ibm128}. Use a suffix @samp{q} or @samp{Q} for @code{_float128}. +@code{__ibm128}. Use a suffix @samp{q} or @samp{Q} for @code{__float128}. In order to use @code{_Float128}, @code{__float128}, and @code{__ibm128} on PowerPC Linux systems, you must use the @option{-mfloat128} option. It is -- 2.37.3