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Re: Add _Float128 function aliases [committed]


On 11/01/18 13:54, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> 
>> i opened https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22700
> 
> Thanks.  That should cover the ldbl-128 and mips versions.  Do you know if 
> there are similar issues for e.g. x86_64?  (I suppose for x86_64 things 
> are safe by default if clang still claims to be GCC 4.2, in that the 
> float128 support wouldn't be enabled there at all because it requires GCC 
>> = 4.3, so if some clang versions support __float128 or _Float128 for
> x86_64, adding the corresponding bits/floatn.h support would be a feature 
> addition not needed to fix any current breakage.)
> 

i don't know what happens on x86_64

they claim it works with 2.26 headers (latest fedora) but only if they
provide _Float128.

if 2.27 headers need more _Float128 things to work (f128 suffix, builtins)
then i guess there may be a problem on x86_64 too.


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