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Re: Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?

From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Cc: moshier at moshier dot ne dot mediaone dot net, libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:02 -0800
Subject: Re: Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
References: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0111242113280.13575-100000@moshier.ne.mediaone.net> <m3667w6etj.fsf@myware.mynet>

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 08:03:04PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Stephen L Moshier <moshier@mediaone.net> writes:
> 
> > Yes, it is broken on i386.
> 
> The "fix" is simple: don't use the code on x86.  The code was written
> using accurate rounding based on the precision and not the extra-long
> internal format.  Uglifying and slowing down of generally used code
> for a platform which isn't even using the code is not acceptable.

Ok, the IBM code doesn't work on x86. Do we have "make check" results
on none x86 platforms?


H.J.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
  - From: Geoff Keating

References:
- Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
  - From: Stephen L Moshier
- Re: Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?
  - From: Ulrich Drepper

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