nogc.cc & darwin

Fri Jan 25 13:11:00 GMT 2002

Bryce McKinlay writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > >Bryce McKinlay writes:
 > > > 
 > > > I think we should really be using the libc implementations of these 
 > > > functions since they are faster (written in assembly). We should only 
 > > > use the fdlibm math functions for targets that don't have a math library 
 > > > (and possibly also for StrictMath?)
 > >
 > >Probably, but until we have a proper implementation of strictfp we're
 > >better off with what we've got. At least we're compatible with one
 > >Java math library standard...
 > AFAIK "strictfp" doesn't have anything to do with the Math.* calls, 
 > though. You'd still have to call StrictMath.x() if you wanted the strict 
 > implementation even if your method/class was declared strictfp.
Yeah, I know that. But IMO StrictMath and strictfp naturally go
together. Conceptually, they are very much two parts of a whole.
Andrew.