6.2 Extended environment enquiries

An environment enquiry is a constant, whose value may be useful to the programmer, that reflects some characteristic of the particular implementation. The values of these enquiries are also determined by the architecture and operating system targeted by the compiler.

Constant: l int L min int

The most negative integral value.

Constant: l real L min real

The most negative real value.

Constant: l real L infinity

Positive infinity expressed in a real value.

Constant: l real L minus infinity

Negative infinity expressed in a real value.

Constant: char replacement char

A character that is unknown, unrecognizable or unrepresentable in Unicode.

Constant: char eof char

char value that doesn’t denote an actual char, but an end-of-file situation.