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Why are the constants not simply defined as long double?

April 26, 2017constants defined double

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Why are the constants not simply defined as long double?

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Because this would rely on the compiler casting down to double or float which might lose accuracy through rounding, and this might vary with the optimisation. Interval constants are of course very different for different floating-point types.