[PATCH 3/7] sin/cos slow paths: remove slow paths from small range reduction

Joseph Myers joseph@codesourcery.com
Thu Mar 22 22:28:00 GMT 2018


On Wed, 21 Mar 2018, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:

> This patch improves the accuracy of the range reduction.  When the input is
> large (2^27) and very close to a multiple of PI/2, using 110 bits of PI is not
> enough.  Improve range reduction accuracy to 136 bits.  As a result the special
> checks for results close to zero can be removed.  The ULP of the polynomials is
> at worst 0.55ULP, so there is no reason for the slow functions, and they can be
> removed.

OK.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com



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