<bits/features.h> setting of __STDC_IEC_559__ not universally accurate

Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
Tue Mar 29 01:00:00 GMT 2005


Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> The glibc API has to be the same across all archs.  It is not acceptable
> to differ for any arch unless it is absolutely impossible.  Since the
> software floating-point implementation can be fixed, this exception does
> not apply and you have to fix that code to comply.

I don't know that people who use these processors actually *want* this 
level of software FP support, given the fact that it would likely be 
bigger and slower.

But, you've made clear this isn't a topic for discussion here.  Fine.

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