| To: | Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: math broken on mips |
| From: | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2002 12:44:28 -0800 |
| Cc: | moshier@moshier.net, fxzhang@ict.ac.cn, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com |
| In-reply-to: | <200202182018.g1IKIk802891@desire.geoffk.org> |
| References: | <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202181419220.25604-100000@moshier.net> <200202182018.g1IKIk802891@desire.geoffk.org> |
| Reply-to: | drepper@redhat.com (Ulrich Drepper) |
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Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> writes: > Maybe we should add appropriate fesetround() calls to the math > library? No, this would punish the people who do not do stupid things with rounding modes. The user must know much better where such changes are needed. As you mentioned, there is no promise of precision in the standard therefore everything is just fine as it is, standard-wise. -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------ |
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