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reported this enhancement to fdlibm-comments, and got the following reply: Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:35:25 -0700 From: Kwok.Ng@Eng.Sun.COM (KC Ng) To: fdlibm-comments@sunpro.Eng.Sun.COM, jtc@cygnus.com Subject: Re: fdlibm 5.2: why do core functions use sqrt? > I noticed that core (e_*.c) fdlibm functions like __ieee754_acos() > ensure that they call sqrt() with arguments in range (x > 0), when > they could call __ieee754_sqrt() directly. > > Since sqrt() does a lot more work (verifies x is in range, etc.) is > there any reason for this? I'd think that calling __iee754_sqrt() > would be more appropriate. .... You are right. __ieee754_sqrt should be in use with e_*.c. |
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