[PATCH 2/6] Remove slow paths from sin/cos

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On Friday 09 March 2018 09:16 PM, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:
> This patch removes 2nd of the 3 range reduction cases and defer to the final one.
> Input values above 2^27 are extremely rare, so this case doesn't need to as be
> optimized as smaller inputs.

Please elaborate on two more points:

- The basis for your claim that values above 2^27 are extremely rare,
  i.e. papers that you may have referred that conclude this and/or
  applications you may have profiled

- The quantum of performance loss due to dropping the 2nd case.

Thanks,
Siddhesh