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Re: What is wrong with Bugzilla? [Was: Re: GCC and Floating-Point]
On 2005-05-31 21:16:19 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc@vinc17.org> writes:
> > The "long double" type is required, but it is not required to be
> > extended precision.
>
> But it can be.
So what?
> > Once you change the rounding precision, this is no longer required,
> > since you are already working with an extension.
>
> The use of long double is not an extension.
Changing the rounding precision is. The C standard defines how you
can change the rounding direction, but not the rounding precision.
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