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Re: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
Cc: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>, GCC libjava patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:18:28 +0100
Subject: Re: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
References: <75A9FEBA25015040A761C1F74975667D01442397@hplex4.hpl.hp.com><87pth68132.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

Tom Tromey writes:
 > 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.

It will be more accurate on x86, but it shouldn't be.

Andrew.

References:
- RE: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
  - From: Boehm, Hans
- Re: Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
  - From: Tom Tromey

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