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"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> skribis: |
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> Now, I have to problem with developers closing some bug opened by a ricer |
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> out there that's added -ffast-math to their CFLAGS as WONTFIX/INVALID |
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> since it's not really a problem. All the parts provided by Gentoo |
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> (ebuild, source, compiler, portage, etc.) all behaving properly. It's |
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> just that, just like the warning says, programs WILL break |
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> under -ffast-math. |
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I have to disagree with this strongly, because -ffast-math means you |
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want code that violates the IEEE floating point standard. |
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> > Indeed, there aren’t many fields of ‘production’ in which end users |
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> > ought to be encouraged to try things that expose flaws in design or |
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> > manufacture. |
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> I disagree. I want to know about those flaws, and I want the manufactures |
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> to fix them -- which is why I like Consumer Reports so much. :) |
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It’s one thing to read Consumer Reports and have it say your SUV rolls |
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over easily, and another to drive in a manner likely to roll your SUV |
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over. It’s even worse to sort of hold SUV drivers hostage by |
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encouraging them to roll over their SUVs unless and until the |
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manufacturer fixes the SUV. People should be encouraged to drive their |
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dangerous vehicles safely, and so should users be encouraged to set |
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their CFLAGS safely. |
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Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://chemoelectric.org |
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Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com (PDF) |
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'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush |
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(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html) |