more thorough removal of float
diff --git a/src/ieee754.c b/src/ieee754.c
index 41f60cf..ac454b4 100644
--- a/src/ieee754.c
+++ b/src/ieee754.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  Created on 7/23/18
  =============================================================================*/
 
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
+
 #include "ieee754.h"
 #include <string.h> // For memcpy()
 
@@ -391,8 +393,8 @@
 double IEEE754_HalfToDouble(uint16_t uHalfPrecision)
 {
     // Pull out the three parts of the half-precision float
-    // Do all the work in 64 bits because that is what the end result is
-    // may give smaller code size and will keep static analyzers happier.
+    // Do all the work in 64 bits because that is what the end result is.
+    // It may give smaller code size and will keep static analyzers happier.
     const uint64_t uHalfSignificand      = uHalfPrecision & HALF_SIGNIFICAND_MASK;
     const int64_t  nHalfUnBiasedExponent = (int64_t)((uHalfPrecision & HALF_EXPONENT_MASK) >> HALF_EXPONENT_SHIFT) - HALF_EXPONENT_BIAS;
     const uint64_t uHalfSign             = (uHalfPrecision & HALF_SIGN_MASK) >> HALF_SIGN_SHIFT;
@@ -451,6 +453,74 @@
 
 
 // Public function; see ieee754.h
+double IEEE754_FloatToDouble(float f)
+{
+    const uint32_t uFloat = CopyFloatToUint32(f);
+    // Pull out the three parts of the single-precision float
+    // Do all the work in 64 bits because that is what the end result is.
+    // It may give smaller code size and will keep static analyzers happier.
+    const uint64_t uSingleSignificand      = uFloat & SINGLE_SIGNIFICAND_MASK;
+    const int64_t  nSingleUnBiasedExponent = (int64_t)((uFloat & SINGLE_EXPONENT_MASK) >> SINGLE_EXPONENT_SHIFT) - SINGLE_EXPONENT_BIAS;
+    const uint64_t uSingleSign             = (uFloat & SINGLE_SIGN_MASK) >> SINGLE_SIGN_SHIFT;
+
+
+    // Make the three parts of hte single-precision number
+    uint64_t uDoubleSignificand, uDoubleSign, uDoubleBiasedExponent;
+    if(nSingleUnBiasedExponent == SINGLE_EXPONENT_ZERO) {
+        // 0 or subnormal
+        uDoubleBiasedExponent = DOUBLE_EXPONENT_ZERO + DOUBLE_EXPONENT_BIAS;
+        if(uSingleSignificand) {
+            // Subnormal case
+            uDoubleBiasedExponent = -SINGLE_EXPONENT_BIAS + DOUBLE_EXPONENT_BIAS + 1;
+            // A single-precision subnormal can always be converted to a normal double-precision float because the ranges line up
+            uDoubleSignificand = uSingleSignificand;
+            // Shift bits from right of the decimal to left, reducing the exponent by 1 each time
+            do {
+                uDoubleSignificand <<= 1;
+                uDoubleBiasedExponent--;
+                // TODO: is this right? Where does 0x400 come from?
+            } while ((uDoubleSignificand & 0x400) == 0);
+            uDoubleSignificand &= SINGLE_SIGNIFICAND_MASK;
+            uDoubleSignificand <<= (DOUBLE_NUM_SIGNIFICAND_BITS - SINGLE_NUM_SIGNIFICAND_BITS);
+        } else {
+            // Just zero
+            uDoubleSignificand = 0;
+        }
+    } else if(nSingleUnBiasedExponent == SINGLE_EXPONENT_INF_OR_NAN) {
+        // NaN or Inifinity
+        uDoubleBiasedExponent = DOUBLE_EXPONENT_INF_OR_NAN + DOUBLE_EXPONENT_BIAS;
+        if(uSingleSignificand) {
+            // NaN
+            // First preserve the NaN payload from half to single
+            // TODO: check this
+            uDoubleSignificand = uSingleSignificand & ~SINGLE_QUIET_NAN_BIT;
+            if(uSingleSignificand & SINGLE_QUIET_NAN_BIT) {
+                // Next, set qNaN if needed since half qNaN bit is not copied above
+                uDoubleSignificand |= DOUBLE_QUIET_NAN_BIT;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Infinity
+            uDoubleSignificand = 0;
+        }
+    } else {
+        // Normal number
+        uDoubleBiasedExponent = (uint64_t)(nSingleUnBiasedExponent + DOUBLE_EXPONENT_BIAS);
+        uDoubleSignificand    = uSingleSignificand << (DOUBLE_NUM_SIGNIFICAND_BITS - SINGLE_NUM_SIGNIFICAND_BITS);
+    }
+    uDoubleSign = uSingleSign;
+
+
+    // Shift the 3 parts into place as a double-precision
+    const uint64_t uDouble = uDoubleSignificand |
+                            (uDoubleBiasedExponent << DOUBLE_EXPONENT_SHIFT) |
+                            (uDoubleSign << DOUBLE_SIGN_SHIFT);
+    return CopyUint64ToDouble(uDouble);
+}
+
+
+
+
+// Public function; see ieee754.h
 IEEE754_union IEEE754_FloatToSmallest(float f)
 {
     IEEE754_union result;
@@ -526,3 +596,4 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+#endif /* QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754 */
diff --git a/src/ieee754.h b/src/ieee754.h
index 705ef62..47bfea5 100644
--- a/src/ieee754.h
+++ b/src/ieee754.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  Created on 7/23/18
  =============================================================================*/
 
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
+
 #ifndef ieee754_h
 #define ieee754_h
 
@@ -96,6 +98,13 @@
 double IEEE754_HalfToDouble(uint16_t uHalfPrecision);
 
 
+/*
+ Convert float to double-precision without using any
+ floating-point HW or compiler-supplied SW.
+ This is a loss-less conversion.
+ */
+double IEEE754_FloatToDouble(float f);
+
 
 // Both tags the value and gives the size
 #define IEEE754_UNION_IS_HALF   2
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@
 #endif /* ieee754_h */
 
 
-
+#endif /* QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754 */
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/qcbor_decode.c b/src/qcbor_decode.c
index 1b6ff3e..532da1e 100644
--- a/src/qcbor_decode.c
+++ b/src/qcbor_decode.c
@@ -608,12 +608,24 @@
       // caught before this is called.
 
       case HALF_PREC_FLOAT:
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
+         // The caast to uint16_t is safe because the encoded value
+         // was 16 bits. It was widened to 64 bits to be passed in here.
          pDecodedItem->val.dfnum = IEEE754_HalfToDouble((uint16_t)uNumber);
          pDecodedItem->uDataType = QCBOR_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+#else
+         nReturn = QCBOR_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
+#endif
          break;
       case SINGLE_PREC_FLOAT:
-         pDecodedItem->val.dfnum = (double)UsefulBufUtil_CopyUint32ToFloat((uint32_t)uNumber);
-         pDecodedItem->uDataType = QCBOR_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
+         // The caast to uint32_t is safe because the encoded value
+         // was 16 bits. It was widened to 64 bits to be passed in here.
+         pDecodedItem->val.dfnum = IEEE754_FloatToDouble((uint32_t)uNumber);
+#else
+         pDecodedItem->val.fnum = UsefulBufUtil_CopyUint32ToFloat((uint32_t)uNumber);
+         pDecodedItem->uDataType = QCBOR_TYPE_FLOAT;
+#endif
          break;
       case DOUBLE_PREC_FLOAT:
          pDecodedItem->val.dfnum = UsefulBufUtil_CopyUint64ToDouble(uNumber);
@@ -1221,7 +1233,10 @@
          pDecodedItem->val.epochDate.nSeconds = (int64_t)pDecodedItem->val.uint64;
          break;
 
+         // TODO: test this with float and half input
       case QCBOR_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+      case QCBOR_TYPE_FLOAT:
+#ifndef QCBOR_DISABLE_FLOAT_HW_USE
       {
          // This comparison needs to be done as a float before
          // conversion to an int64_t to be able to detect doubles
@@ -1231,7 +1246,7 @@
          // is bad and wrong for the comparison because it will
          // allow conversion of doubles that can't fit into a
          // uint64_t.  To remedy this INT64_MAX - 0x7ff is used as
-         // the cutoff point as if that rounds up in conversion to
+         // the cutoff point because if that value rounds up in conversion to
          // double it will still be less than INT64_MAX. 0x7ff is
          // picked because it has 11 bits set.
          //
@@ -1242,7 +1257,8 @@
          //
          // Without the 0x7ff there is a ~30 minute range of time
          // values 10 billion years in the past and in the future
-         // where this this code would go wrong.
+         // where this this code would go wrong and some compilers
+         // will generate warnings or errors.
          const double d = pDecodedItem->val.dfnum;
          if(d > (double)(INT64_MAX - 0x7ff)) {
             nReturn = QCBOR_ERR_DATE_OVERFLOW;
@@ -1251,8 +1267,18 @@
          pDecodedItem->val.epochDate.nSeconds = (int64_t)d;
          pDecodedItem->val.epochDate.fSecondsFraction = d - (double)pDecodedItem->val.epochDate.nSeconds;
       }
+#else
+         /* Disabling float support causes a floating point
+          data to error in the default below. The above code
+          requires floating point conversion to integers and
+          comparison which requires either floating point HW
+          or a SW library. */
+         
+         nReturn = QCBOR_ERR_FLOAT_DATE_UNSUPPORTED;
+#endif /* QCBOR_DISABLE_FLOAT_HW_USE */
          break;
 
+
       default:
          nReturn = QCBOR_ERR_BAD_OPT_TAG;
          goto Done;
diff --git a/src/qcbor_encode.c b/src/qcbor_encode.c
index 5cc0bd7..5536194 100644
--- a/src/qcbor_encode.c
+++ b/src/qcbor_encode.c
@@ -616,9 +616,29 @@
  */
 void QCBOREncode_AddDouble(QCBOREncodeContext *me, double dNum)
 {
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
    const IEEE754_union uNum = IEEE754_DoubleToSmallest(dNum);
-
+   
    QCBOREncode_AddType7(me, uNum.uSize, uNum.uValue);
+#else
+   QCBOREncode_AddType7(me, sizeof(uint64_t), UsefulBufUtil_CopyDoubleToUint64(dNum));
+#endif
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+ Public functions for closing arrays and maps. See qcbor.h
+ */
+void QCBOREncode_AddFloat(QCBOREncodeContext *me, float fNum)
+{
+#ifndef QCBOR_CONFIG_DISABLE_ENCODE_IEEE754
+   const IEEE754_union uNum = IEEE754_FloatToSmallest(fNum);
+   
+   QCBOREncode_AddType7(me, uNum.uSize, uNum.uValue);
+#else
+   QCBOREncode_AddType7(me, sizeof(uint32_t), UsefulBufUtil_CopyFloatToUint32(fNum));
+#endif
 }