Re: OpenLibm?

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 2:03 AM Paul Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> about Joel's mail (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/newlib/2021/018739.html).
>
> OpenLibm long double does not implement exp10, j0, j1, y0 and y1, and has
> accuracy issues with lgamma and tgamma. See Table 11 of
> https://members.loria.fr/PZimmermann/papers/#accuracy.

OK both have issues. I'd like long double support in newlib's libm to
improve standards compliance. I was looking for an implementation.

Issue: newlib has no long double support when sizeof(long double) !=
sizeof(double).

Random thoughts:

+ For the missing openlibm methods, newlib's implementation of those
methods could be submitted to openlibm.

+ Does newlib have an accuracy document?

+ Is newlib's accuracy better than openlibm's?

+ Would it make sense to port long double methods from openlibm to newlib?

I'm just trying to find a technical path to get long double into newlib.
I have no vested interest in any particular path that achieves that.
If we can agree on a technical path, RTEMS could add this as a potential
Google Summer of Code 2022 project.

--joel

> Paul