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Re: Need someone to look at a regression
- To: Ken Raeburn <raeburn at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Need someone to look at a regression
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 20:44:22 -0600
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <tx1d89wz9wp.fsf@cygnus.com>you write:
> Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> > In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.980817115257.25384E-100000@plum.dwd.interkom.
> pl>you write:
> > >
> > > Definitely "int" and "__attribute__ ((mode (SF)))" on the same typede
> f
> > > clash.
> > >
> > > However, "float" and "__attribute__ ((mode (SF)))" certainly do not.
> > Yes, float and SFmode clash since there is no guarantee that a float
> > has the same size as SFmode.
>
> I'm inclined to think of it as the type sort of describing the general
> class of types to be used (FP, int, pointer, complex types), with the
> mode specifying exactly how big it is.
So, after all the other issues you raised, what do you think we should
do in this specific case?
ie, do we keep the warning or is the warning bogus. That's what I
really want opinions on right now.
jeff