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Re: Single-precision float version of matherr
- From: Wilco Dijkstra <Wilco dot Dijkstra at arm dot com>
- To: Jozef Lawrynowicz <jozef dot l at mittosystems dot com>
- Cc: "newlib at sourceware dot org" <newlib at sourceware dot org>, nd <nd at arm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 18:58:58 +0000
- Subject: Re: Single-precision float version of matherr
- References: <DB5PR08MB103015B27D5A8EA5434760CE83AE0@DB5PR08MB1030.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>,<20181203145644.797c641f@jozef-Aspire-VN7-793G>
Hi Jozef,
> Thanks for the tip.
> I also noticed that other embedded toolchains (for MSP430 at least) do not have
> a similar concept to matherr and instead just rely on errno. Good to hear it
> can be removed altogether.
Well errno is almost as obsolete after C99...
> I presume it's not even worth keeping the old code available through a macro
> such as __OBSOLETE_MATHERR?
Indeed, it won't be missed.
Wilco