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[Bug c/60413] extra precision not properly removed on assignment of return value
- From: "jakub at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:28:25 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c/60413] extra precision not properly removed on assignment of return value
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- References: <bug-60413-4 at http dot gcc dot gnu dot org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60413
--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Ryan Lortie from comment #2)
> Why is this violation of standards treated in a special way?
Because it slows down things way too much. Much better is just to use -msse2
-mfpmath=sse if you really need to use 32-bit programs and have at least SSE2
capable CPU, i387 floating point stack has tons of issues.