[Bug libstdc++/11706] std::pow(T, int) implementation pessimizes code

["pcarlini at suse dot de" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From pcarlini at suse dot de  2004-03-10 22:47 -------
Subject: Re:  std::pow(T, int) implementation pessimizes
 code

gdr at integrable-solutions dot net wrote:

>| >The only fix that I should have applied is to make __cmath_power()
>| >inline.
>| >
>| So, after all, Steven (#1) was right, why didn't you acknowldege that 6
>| months ago?
>
>Because 
>
>  (1) some data was provided later, not before.
>  
>
The last data was provided December, 6th, three full months. Do you 
think free
software implies slow feedback?

>  (2) It is less harm than what you'd like to do.
>  
>
I have decided nothing, I have time 'til at least the summer.

>You *believe* I do not do anything.  Yes, I'm not in rush into
>papering over problems; but it does not mean I do nothing.
>  
>
Of course, mine was a rethorical exageration: you do "nothing" in proportion
to what you could actually do, given your background and your role.

Paolo.


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