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Re: [patch] Minor improvement to typeclass.h
"Joseph S. Myers" <jsm@polyomino.org.uk> writes:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
>> Ah. tgmath.h. Yeah, that's good enough reason to keep the extension,
>> although here's a place where a dialogue with glibc people could
>> probably result in a better implementation. (Same sort of icky macros
>> you find in altivec.h.)
>
> Though I helped with the design of the built-ins used to implement
> altivec.h, having seen the resulting altivec.h and the problems associated
> with it I don't think it's proved to be a good direction to go in.
I agree. That rather cryptic parenthetical was meant to convey
"tgmath.h currently contains the same sort of icky macros you find in
altivec.h", not "tgmath.h should be revamped using the same sort
of icky macros..."
zw