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Re: Optimisation prevents overflow?
Janne Blomqvist wrote:
>> Would you say that "foo" is not portable?
>
> Yes. If you need more precision or range than what real(8) provides
> you have to use a type with more precision and/or range rather than
> relying on the compiler to keep the variable in the 80-bit x87
> register stack.
But how do I identify those parts of the code that are relying on extra
precision? As you said, in principle all the code is doing it.
Davide