Patch: FYI: Math/StrictMath merge
Andrew Haley
aph@redhat.com
Thu Oct 9 23:18:00 GMT 2003
Tom Tromey writes:
> Hans> Could someone explain why this is a good idea? It seems to
> Hans> replace one multiplication by two, and it introduces additional
> Hans> overflow possibilities.
>
> Hans> I'd be willing to accept both if it improves accuracy. What's
> Hans> the argument that it does?
>
> Thanks for bringing this up. I'll find out.
It will be more accurate on x86, but it shouldn't be.
Andrew.
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