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Re: Question on g++ compile options / numerical differences
- From: "Dockeen" <dockeen at mchsi dot com>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>,<gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 06:08:25 +0600
- Subject: Re: Question on g++ compile options / numerical differences
-----Original Message-----
From: Dockeen [mailto:dockeen@mchsi.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:06 AM
To: Alexandre Oliva
Subject: RE: Question on g++ compile options / numerical differences
Thanks for your reply. I am probably stuck with running it down myself
as the code I am using is not easily distributable. I mainly asked the
list in case it was one of those "Wayne, everyone knows its a bad idea
to use that option, what rock have you been living under" cases.
So, again, many sincere thanks for your time and patience. Have a great
day!
Wayne (notso) Keen
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandre Oliva [mailto:aoliva@redhat.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:48 PM
To: Dockeen
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org; gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Question on g++ compile options / numerical differences
On May 19, 2002, "Dockeen" <dockeen@mchsi.com> wrote:
> Is there something transparently stupid in the additional
> options above that might lead to numerical calculations going
> bad?
Well, depending on the numerical stability of your code, -ffast-math's
effects may range from none to dramatic. Also, the possibility of one
of the other flags you're using being exposing a bug in GCC cannot be
ruled out, but it would require some work on your end to figure that
out and provide us with a testcase that demonstrates the problem.
--
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