Subject: accuracy of "long double"
To: None <tech-toolchain@netbsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org,>
From: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 08/13/2007 16:39:41
Inspired by a selftest failure of sqlite3, I tried to
understand how "long double" math is supposed to work
if the FPU is set to 53-bit rounding.
My findings are posted as PR port-i386/36770 and a reply.

Before I take further steps (like the gcc configuration
change mentioned there) I'd like to get a second opinion.

Could someone understanding the matter have a look at
that PR and tell whether I'm correct?

thanks & best regards
Matthias


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