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#### 9.24.11 Directives to override floating-point options

The directives `.set softfloat` and `.set hardfloat` provide finer control of disabling and enabling float-point instructions. These directives always override the default (that hard-float instructions are accepted) or the command-line options (‘`-msoft-float`’ and ‘`-mhard-float`’).

The directives `.set singlefloat` and `.set doublefloat` provide finer control of disabling and enabling double-precision float-point operations. These directives always override the default (that double-precision operations are accepted) or the command-line options (‘`-msingle-float`’ and ‘`-mdouble-float`’).

Traditional mips assemblers do not support these directives.