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Splitting up bits/mathdef.h
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:50:23 +0000
- Subject: Splitting up bits/mathdef.h
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The bits/mathdef.h header has four separate groups of definitions, which
results in architectures needing their own version if any of the
definitions for that architecture differ from the default. I propose to
split it up into separate headers as follows, so that less duplication is
needed. Any comments?
* float_t and double_t, where the default definitions are only right in
the FLT_EVAL_METHOD == 1 case (TS 18661-3 adds more such typedefs, not
currently supported in glibc). I propose a bits/flt-eval-method.h header
that defines __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD (default __FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ if
defined, otherwise 0), so math.h can then define float_t and double_t
based on the value of __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD. (I also intend to fix the
default to correspond to FLT_EVAL_METHOD == 0, changing float_t from
double to float on CodeFire / MicroBlaze / Nios II / SH3, given the lack
of objections to
<https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-01/msg00499.html> - not in the
same commit as the refactoring, of course.)
* FP_ILOGB0 and FP_ILOGBNAN (TS 18661-1 adds FP_LLOGB0 and FP_LLOGBNAN).
I propose a bits/fp-logb.h header that defines __FP_LOGB0_IS_MIN and
__FP_LOGBNAN_IS_MIN to 1 if the relevant macros have the value INT_MIN
(respectively LONG_MIN in the LLOGB case), 0 (default) otherwise (-INT_MAX
and INT_MAX). Given the C11 / TS 18661-1 constraints on the values of the
FP_*LOGB* macros, this is sufficient information for math.h to then define
the public macros appropriately. The wrong use of unsigned FP_ILOGB0 in
SH4 bits/mathdef.h (is 0x80000001, should be (-0x7fffffff)) would be fixed
first.
* FP_FAST_FMA* (TS 18661-1 adds such macros for lots more functions that
round once to narrower type). I propose a bits/fp-fast.h header (default
defining the macros based on the compiler's predefined macros, as in the
existing default bits/mathdef.h).
* __NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH. Definitions of this are split between
bits/mathdef.h and bits/wordsize.h (which deals with defining
__LONG_DOUBLE_MATH_OPTIONAL and also defines __NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH in the
case of optional but not enabled support). I propose moving definitions
from both those headers to a bits/long-double.h header. sys/cdefs.h would
include bits/long-double.h alongside the existing bits/wordsize.h, so
headers could always rely on these macros being defined if applicable.
As this is the only reason bits/mathdef.h needs to allow inclusion by
complex.h as well as by math.h, all the other new headers would only allow
inclusion by math.h.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com