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Re: [Patch, libfortran] Reduce default precision for list-directed and G0 real output
- From: FX <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>
- To: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist dot janne at gmail dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:18:01 +0100
- Subject: Re: [Patch, libfortran] Reduce default precision for list-directed and G0 real output
> Thus, I suggest that the choice of d should be based on readability
> and usefulness for the common case rather than guaranteeing an exact
> roundtrip.
I'm not sure I see the value in this choice. In addition to standard requirements, quality of implementation issues shouldn't be neglected. At least, I'd suggest surveying how other compilers handle the issue (Sun, which I have at hand, does precise round-trip).
FX