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a conforming compiler for an arch with excess precision floating point
(FLT_EVAL_METHOD!=0; presently i386 is the only such arch supported)
computes all intermediate results in the types float_t and double_t
rather than the nominal type of the expression. some incorrect
compilers, however, only keep excess precision in registers, and
convert down to the nominal type when spilling intermediate results to
memory, yielding unpredictable results that depend on the compiler's
choices of what/when to spill. in particular, this happens on old gcc
versions with -ffloat-store, which we need in order to work around
bugs where the compiler wrongly keeps explicitly-dropped excess
precision.
by explicitly converting to double_t where expressions are expected be
be evaluated in double_t precision, we can avoid depending on the
compiler to get types correct when spilling; the nominal and
intermediate precision now match. this commit should not change the
code generated by correct compilers, or by old ones on non-i386 archs
where double_t is defined as double.
this fixes a serious bug in argument reduction observed on i386 with
gcc 4.2: for values of x outside the unit circle, sin(x) was producing
results outside the interval [-1,1]. changes made in commit
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WHATSNEW |
musl libc musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain. The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and glibc functionality. For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file. Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on the project website: http://www.musl-libc.org/