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Re: glibc segfault on "special" long double values is _ok_!?
On 8 Jun 2007, Jeremy Linton verbalised:
> James Youngman wrote:
>> On 6/8/07, Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> I'd say this behaviour violates the principle of least astonishment, at
>>> least. Mind you, avoiding it does seem like it could be expensive: [...]
>> Maybe. For the issue-diagnostic-message use case, performance is not
>> such an issue. But I'm sure there are valid use cases where ultimate
>> performance is really vital. Use-cases vary a lot.
>
> I sort of doubt that anyone who really cares about performance is calling printf...
printf(), no. *s*printf(), maybe (although given how slow some printf()s
can be they're in for a shock on some platforms if they try).
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