diff --git a/src/memory.h b/src/memory.h
index 980031ca..ce290def 100644
--- a/src/memory.h
+++ b/src/memory.h
@@ -113,4 +113,6 @@ namespace pkpy{
 };
 
 static_assert(sizeof(i64) == sizeof(pkpy::shared_ptr<PyObject>));
-static_assert(sizeof(f64) == sizeof(pkpy::shared_ptr<PyObject>));
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+static_assert(sizeof(f64) == sizeof(pkpy::shared_ptr<PyObject>));
+static_assert(std::numeric_limits<float>::is_iec559);
+static_assert(std::numeric_limits<double>::is_iec559);
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