[v3] libstdc++/54869

[Paolo Carlini]

On 10/09/2012 05:04 PM, Rainer Orth wrote:
> Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> apparently simd_fast_mersenne_twister_engine is designed (so far) for
>> little endian targets only.
>>
>> Patch sanity checked x86_64-linux (with the __BYTE_ORDER__ ==
>> __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__ checks artificially altered to return false too)
> Isn't this too much?  As described in the PR, only
> ext/random/simd_fast_mersenne_twister_engine/cons/default.cc was failing.
Isn't. Uli clearly explained that the engine is designed for little 
endian. Indeed, if default.cc fails, it means something is very, very, 
seriously broken.

Paolo.