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.
l int L min int ¶The most negative integral value.
l real L min real ¶The most negative real value.
l real L infinity ¶Positive infinity expressed in a real value.
l real L minus infinity ¶Negative infinity expressed in a real value.
char replacement char ¶A character that is unknown, unrecognizable or unrepresentable in Unicode.
char eof char ¶char value that doesn’t denote an actual char, but an end-of-file situation.