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Re: gmp 5.0.1 and gcc 4.5?
Hi,
On 2010-03-29 17:05:09 +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> GMP is mainly used via MPFR. Thus, I'd expect the required version to be
> bumped if a new MPFR version was required that in turn required newer GMP,
> but otherwise there would be little use to a bump. New MPFR would be
> required if needed for folding some function of use to GCC to fold
> (erfc_scaled has been mentioned as one it would be useful to the Fortran
> front end to have MPFR support for, for example, but SVN MPFR doesn't yet
> support it; if it gains support, that might justify a future increase in
> the required MPFR version).
FYI, if someone is interested, anyone can contribute:
http://www.mpfr.org/contrib.html
Otherwise, I fear that the implementation of most functions will not
happen before several years.
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