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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