[Python-checkins] r71620 - python/branches/py3k-short-float-repr/Include/pyport.h

Wed Apr 15 20:11:05 CEST 2009

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Wed Apr 15 20:11:04 2009
New Revision: 71620
Log:
Add new define PY_NO_SHORT_FLOAT_REPR in pyport.h, to be used
on those platforms where Gay's code isn't going to work for one
reason or another.
Modified:
 python/branches/py3k-short-float-repr/Include/pyport.h
Modified: python/branches/py3k-short-float-repr/Include/pyport.h
==============================================================================

--- python/branches/py3k-short-float-repr/Include/pyport.h	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k-short-float-repr/Include/pyport.h	Wed Apr 15 20:11:04 2009
@@ -488,6 +488,30 @@
 #define _Py_SET_53BIT_PRECISION_END
 #endif
 
+/* If we can't guarantee 53-bit precision, don't use the code
+ in Python/dtoa.c, but fall back to standard code. This
+ means that repr of a float will be long (17 sig digits).
+
+ Realistically, there are two things that could go wrong:
+
+ (1) doubles aren't IEEE 754 doubles, or
+ (2) we're on x86 with the rounding precision set to 64-bits
+ (extended precision), and we don't know how to change
+ the rounding precision.
+ */
+
+#if !defined(DOUBLE_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_IEEE754) && \
+ !defined(DOUBLE_IS_BIG_ENDIAN_IEEE754) && \
+ !defined(DOUBLE_IS_ARM_MIXED_ENDIAN_IEEE754)
+#define PY_NO_SHORT_FLOAT_REPR
+#endif
+
+/* double rounding is symptomatic of use of extended precision on x86 */
+#ifdef X87_DOUBLE_ROUNDING
+#define PY_NO_SHORT_FLOAT_REPR
+#endif
+
+
 /* Py_DEPRECATED(version)
 * Declare a variable, type, or function deprecated.
 * Usage:
