Re: gmp 5.0.1 and gcc 4.5?

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc at vinc17 dot org>]

Hi,

On 2010-03-29 17:05:09 +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> GMP is mainly used via MPFR.  Thus, I'd expect the required version to be 
> bumped if a new MPFR version was required that in turn required newer GMP, 
> but otherwise there would be little use to a bump.  New MPFR would be 
> required if needed for folding some function of use to GCC to fold 
> (erfc_scaled has been mentioned as one it would be useful to the Fortran 
> front end to have MPFR support for, for example, but SVN MPFR doesn't yet 
> support it; if it gains support, that might justify a future increase in 
> the required MPFR version).

FYI, if someone is interested, anyone can contribute:

  http://www.mpfr.org/contrib.html

Otherwise, I fear that the implementation of most functions will not
happen before several years.

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