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Re: Java floating-point mess
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- To: dewar at gnat dot com, tromey at redhat dot com
- Cc: aph at cambridge dot redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, java at gcc dot gnu dot org,zack at codesourcery dot com
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:01:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Java floating-point mess
<<The front end is required to do these computations in some contexts,
namely compile-time constants. This is a concern to us, but it isn't
immediately pressing. We already violate the spec with respect to
compile-time constants in several ways.
>>
Sure, of course I understand that, but these computations should be done
using simulated IEEE arithmetic rather than host arithmetic.