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Re: [patch] put DPD decimal float support in shared libgcc
- From: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Janis Johnson <janis187 at us dot ibm dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, bje at au1 dot ibm dot com, hjl dot tools at gmail dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:35:00 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: [patch] put DPD decimal float support in shared libgcc
- References: <1218579380.6064.18.camel@janis-laptop> <20080813111412.GG8133@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
Hi,
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> many C binaries link against, DFP is rarely used, so making libgcc_s
> library 8 times bigger for something rarely used is IMNSHO a very bad
> idea. IMHO it is much better if you put it into libdfp.a/libdfp_s.so.1
> and arrange for it being linked when needed (see how libgcc_s already
> uses --as-needed ... --no-as-needed). libgcc_s shouldn't be a kitchen
> sink library (nor libc should be).
Completely agreed.
Ciao,
Michael.