> Minor request: the functions should have "get" in there somewhere,
> such as "floatformat_get_host_float" or "get_host_float_floatformat"
> or something.  I can be talked out of this, though.

Per the attached, it looks too verbose.  'nuf talking?

> As for the code, I was thinking of something like this (probably got
> the bit patterns wrong):

Like this?  I feel ill.

Andrew