newlib vs C99 math functions

jschopp jschopp@austin.ibm.com
Thu Aug 10 21:07:00 GMT 2006


Andrew Pinski wrote:
> While porting some code over to use newlib from a closed source libc,
> I ran into the problem of that newlib did not implement most of the
> C99 math functions or macros.  I ran into the problem that FP_ILOGB0
> was not defined and I was wondering if anyone is working on adding any
> of the C99 math functions to newlib?
> 
> Also is there a bug system for newlib because it would be great to
> file bugs about the problems I ran into.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew Pinski

We (2 of us at IBM) are starting to work on improving the newlib math on the cell 
processor.  We are more focused on making existing functions faster for our machine, but 
if you had a list we could probably knock off some C99 at the same time.

Bugzilla, what a good idea.



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