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Re: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>
- Cc: GCC libjava patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 09 Oct 2003 17:04:33 -0600
- Subject: Re: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
- References: <75A9FEBA25015040A761C1F74975667D01442397@hplex4.hpl.hp.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
Hans> Could someone explain why this is a good idea? It seems to
Hans> replace one multiplication by two, and it introduces additional
Hans> overflow possibilities.
Hans> I'd be willing to accept both if it improves accuracy. What's
Hans> the argument that it does?
Thanks for bringing this up. I'll find out.
Tom