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Re: [PATCH] Update sparc ULPs.

From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:29:28 +0000

> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> But I'll try to take care of both boundary conditions while I'm here.
>> This patch below is what I currently have, although I'm not so sure
>> about the boundary points I picked.
>> 
>> I know that the limiting factor is the multiplication of the largest
>> terms that go into the polynomial computation.
> 
> For small arguments what's relevant is x - x^3/3 being indistinguishable 
> from x (i.e. x^3/3 being less than 0.5ulp of x).  For large arguments it's 
> pi/2 - 1/x being indistinguishable from pi/2.  So the cutoffs you chose 
> seem reasonable in both cases.

Thanks Joseph.  I'll work through the test cases and post a final
version for review.
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