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Re: V3 PATCH: IRIX configuration

To: gdr at codesourcery dot com
Subject: Re: V3 PATCH: IRIX configuration
From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:15:24 -0800
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, libstdc++ at sources dot redhat dot com
Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
References: <20001029130507J.mitchell@codesourcery.com><flk8aq98tc.fsf@sel.cmla.ens-cachan.fr>

>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com> writes:

    Gabriel> Using a higher precision to compute a result, followed by
    Gabriel> a truncation to the input precision is something
    Gabriel> generally harmeless (it is just waste of ressource in
    Gabriel> case computing with higher precision is not necessary nor
    Gabriel> useful).  That technique is usually used in routines
    Gabriel> which are sentitive to noise.

But what about `__complex__ long double'?  That one gets truncated
first, right?

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Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC               http://www.codesourcery.com

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