Re: [PATCH 1/2] Avoid implicit floating point conversions [v2]

Keith Packard via Newlib <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:33:58 -0700

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Corinna Vinschen via Newlib <[email protected]> writes:

> Not taking implicit compiler optimisations into account, wouldn't it
> make more sense to avoid the conversion altogether, using
> __builtin_inf() in these places?

Yeah, could do that instead. I think it's mostly a matter of what looks
better -- using the "standard" value of INFINITY and casting or using a
compiler internal value without. I think it'll confuse an equal number
of people either way.

Any preferences?

-- 
-keith

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