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Re: Bug in real.c rewrite

From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk>
To: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>, law at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:09:30 +0000
Subject: Re: Bug in real.c rewrite
References: <200302250033.h1P0X3Ch018196@localhost.redhat.com> <20030225184513.GD12881@redhat.com> <20030225230552.GD13285@redhat.com>

Richard Henderson wrote:-

> I recall now that this form of overflow is something that Alan Modra
> talked me into at the time.  I'm now thinking that this is more trouble
> that it's worth, trying to force a particular result for a value that's
> technically undefined.  So I've reverted the change.

If something's contraversial there, could I suggest you add an
explanatory comment?  Otherwise it's the kinda thing that gets changed
again 2 years down the line when everyone's forgotten the issues.

Neil.

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