Re: [PATCH] Java: expand divide, expand conversions

[Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>]

Per Bothner writes:
> Andrew Haley <aph@pasanda.cygnus.co.uk> writes:
> > I was thinking of including the -exact-fp flag in a portmanteau
> > "totally JLS compliant" flag.

Don't forget about the new "strictfp" keyword in Java 1.2..

  The 1.2 compiler uses the new keyword to set a modifier bit in the
  method data structures. The pre-1.2 Java platform specification
  required that this bit be zeroed. Code written using the new keyword
  is executed in strict floating-point mode, which is identical to
  that historically defined for the Java platform. Code not using
  the new keyword is executed in default floating-point mode, which
  allows implementations to make better use of some processors to
  deliver higher performance.

Not sure how relevant this is to the current discussion.

-Archie

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