Re: what patches are you interested in?

At 06:50 PM 2/5/2004, Wolfgang Spraul wrote:
> > What do you see as the advantage for this - or just portability?
>
>float operations are 20%-50% faster than double on ARM cpus (which is where I
>am running).

         Ah....


>I don't think I need the added precision of double, so if there
>were a config option today to choose the type, I would try float.
>gm has all the type stuff for Quantum, but not for FP. I think the GM sources
>would be of higher value if they had such a typedef/define.

         I can't see any reason this would be a bad idea - so sure, go 
ahead and make the change and submit the patch.


>I don't want to force my stuff onto anybody.

         No pressure felt here!  I just wanted to give you a heads up that 
the issue has been around a while and that it's not cut & dried...


>For myself, I will simply go
>ahead and make whatever change I find appropriate.

         Feel free.  I did a bunch of stuff to IM that never got checked in 
due to Christy's decisions in the old days and stuff that was only useful 
for me...

         But do let us know what they are, if you are willing to share 
them, and we can discuss it at the time...


LDR 



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