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[Bug c/56399] Adding int to float generates incorrect results
- From: "jakub at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:50:16 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c/56399] Adding int to float generates incorrect results
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- References: <bug-56399-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56399
--- Comment #4 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-02-19 17:50:16 UTC ---
Your expectations are wrong then. Size and format of float is part of ABI, so
can't be changed just because somebody has bad expectations, furthermore, for
many uses IEEE 754 single format is sufficient, can be faster than double and
is more compact, having float the same as double doesn't make much sense, if
you need bigger than float precision/exponent range, just use double (similarly
for long double if double isn't big enough, or __float128 if available, or
mpfr).