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Re: What is acceptable for -ffast-math? (Was: associative law in combine)


Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:

| On Jul 31, 2001, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com> wrote:
| 
| > dewar@gnat.com writes:
| > | > ({a+b;})*c
| > | 
| > | OK, I admit, the (( .. )) suggestion was not the most awful one after all :-)
| 
| > :-)
| 
| > The idea that GCC should require users to jump through hoops, using
| > non-standard constructs in order to have their programs interpreted
| > according to standard rules is just frightening.
| 
| Aren't we talking about -ffast-math?

Certainly.  The point is that an optimization should transmute the
meaning of program.

-- Gaby


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