feat(gnovm): add software floating point package

[omarsy]

Closes: #312

The idea to use softfloat and work originates from this PR: #2863

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Attention: Patch coverage is 60.57803% with 341 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

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.../gnolang/internal/softfloat/runtime_softfloat64.go	71.55%	123 Missing and 5 partials ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values_conversions.go	25.19%	95 Missing ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/softfloat.go	65.78%	63 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/internal/softfloat/softfloat.go	18.00%	41 Missing ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/gonative.go	50.00%	4 Missing ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values.go	66.66%	4 Missing ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_binary.go	85.00%	1 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_inc_dec.go	75.00%	1 Missing ⚠️

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[petar-dambovaliev]

Good job!

[thehowl]

don't create specific types with methods; just make GetFloat32 and GetFloat64 return uint32 and uint64 and make the operations, for instance the ones in op_binary.go, directly use the softfloat package.

the custom type doesn't add much aside from wrapping the calls to the internal package, while having op_binary.go use softfloat.Lte makes very explicit what's going on.

[omarsy]

Thanks for the feedback! I introduced the custom types with methods to improve readability, as I felt it made the code clearer and more explicit about the software floating-point operations. However, I understand your point about avoiding unnecessary abstraction. I will follow the Gno code standards and adjust the implementation if you guys think this approach doesn’t align with the preferred style.

[thehowl]

Can we not use something like F32toint32 here, and all other places?

This would also avoid us having to use Trunc and Mod

[omarsy]

Don't know how you will remove the float part without a trunc ? Maybe you think about a new approach ?

[thehowl]

apologies, I see now this is only used for constants.

Looks good then