What is wrong with Bugzilla? [Was: Re: GCC and Floating-Point]

Tue May 31 23:53:00 GMT 2005

On 2005-05-31 21:16:19 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc@vinc17.org> writes:
> > The "long double" type is required, but it is not required to be
> > extended precision.
> 
> But it can be.

So what?

> > Once you change the rounding precision, this is no longer required,
> > since you are already working with an extension.
> 
> The use of long double is not an extension.

Changing the rounding precision is. The C standard defines how you
can change the rounding direction, but not the rounding precision.

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