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Re: C floating-point bindings as API sources


On 10/11/15 18:47, Joseph Myers wrote:
On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
i guess that's ok.
[...]
new aliases (for _FloatN and _FloatNx) mean a lot of new symbols
and the new functions (or old ones with stricter semantics) can
add a lot of code size.  embedded systems might not be happy
about this.

Are you saying that you personally are OK with these APIs for glibc, but
suppose that hypothetically some other people might object on grounds of
code size?


yes
(others might also object because of the maintenance burden).

i haven't counted but i think there are >150 new math functions
in part 2 and part 4 (considering float, double and long double)
which i think is significant enough to justify my hypothesis.


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