What does the suffix #DEN mean on the value of a variable

Question

When debugging in VS2005 I have a float in the Locals window whose values is: 1.744e-039#DEN

What does the #DEN signify/stand for?

Solution 1

This is for "denormalized number".

Solution 2

Denormalized; too small (close to zero) to be represented as a number in the form 1.M * 2^E

Comments

[bobobobo]

Is this bad or not really? What are the risks of when a variable starts taking on a #den value in your code?

[jxramos]

@bobobobo, I have the same question. I wound up triggering #DEN with the following code -std::numeric_limits<double>::max() I wound up replacing it with std::numeric_limits<double>::lowest()