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

[gdr at integrable-solutions dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2004-03-10 23:39 -------
Subject: Re:  std::pow(T, int) implementation pessimizes code

"pcarlini at suse dot de" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| 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?

"slow" is in the eye of the beholder.
I donate my volunteer free time to GCC as much as I can.  If you're in
hurry of papering over real problems, three months is "slow".  
If you have squeezed schedule, three months look like three days.

-- Gaby


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