Exponent field (127 excess encoded)
Size of the exponent field
Import number from a Berkeley encoded float number
Return true if the number is positive
Return true if number is +/- 0
Mantissa field without the implicit first bit
Size of the mantissa field with the implicit one not included
Sign field (true when negative)
return this number recoded into Berkeley encoding
Use resized instead
Floating point value
Size of the exponent field
Size of the mantissa field with the implicit one not included