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Re: Using GMP in a GCC Frontend.
- To: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl>
- Subject: Re: Using GMP in a GCC Frontend.
- From: Michael Meissner <meissner at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 12:42:06 -0400
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <39888288.696B2BBD@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:20:24PM +0200, Toon Moene wrote:
> L.S.,
>
> After ample discussion on the GNU Fortran 95 mailing list (see the URL
> given below), we've come to the conclusion that we need the GNU Multi
> Precision Library for some compiler arithmetic (in addition to the
> functions offered by floatlib.c).
>
> However, AFAIK, that would mean that the Fortran 95 frontend would be
> the first to depend on such an "outside" library.
>
> Is that a problem - and if so, why ?
>
> Thanks in advance for offering any insight ...
I suspect if we did this, gmp would need to be hosted on gcc.gnu.org as well
(though it would be useful to move gcc into the common tree with binutils and
gdb if we do).
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