## Function: COMMON-LISP:DECODE-FLOAT
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> Return three values:
> 1) a floating-point number representing the significand. This is always
> between 0.5 (inclusive) and 1.0 (exclusive).
> 2) an integer representing the exponent.
> 3) -1.0 or 1.0 (i.e. the sign of the argument.)

### Lambda list
```cl
(sb-kernel::f)
```