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Re: [patch/rfc] Delete floatformat_arm_ext

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 01:05:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] Delete floatformat_arm_ext
References: <3C7864AB.1060900@cygnus.com> <200202240447.g1O4ldb05280@envy.delorie.com> <3C787B14.7080704@cygnus.com> <200202240535.g1O5Zgx05615@envy.delorie.com>

> The single format wasn't sufficient for a program trying to correctly 
>> manipulate both big and little endian Arm floating points - hence the 
>> two new formats.
> 
> 
> Is it safe to say that the code you're removing never actually worked,
> then?  If so, then there shouldn't be any legacy code relying on it,
> right?

Er, actually, the code I ``fixed'' didn't use it either!  The format was 
added '95 but I've had no luck finding anything that used it.

enjoy,
Andrew

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