delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi | search |
X-Recipient: | archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com |
X-SWARE-Spam-Status: | No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS |
X-Spam-Check-By: | sourceware.org |
Message-ID: | <4A9EA46A.2040509@gmail.com> |
Date: | Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:59:22 +0100 |
From: | Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> |
User-Agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
To: | cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Re: std::arg() bug : not repetitive ? |
References: | <264058 DOT 8230 DOT qm AT web25502 DOT mail DOT ukl DOT yahoo DOT com> <4A9D6E81 DOT 3070904 AT gmail DOT com> <loom DOT 20090902T175821-355 AT post DOT gmane DOT org> |
In-Reply-To: | <loom.20090902T175821-355@post.gmane.org> |
Mailing-List: | contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm |
List-Id: | <cygwin.cygwin.com> |
List-Subscribe: | <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> |
List-Archive: | <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> |
List-Post: | <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
List-Help: | <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> |
Sender: | cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com |
Mail-Followup-To: | cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Delivered-To: | mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Eric Backus wrote: > I guess I'm in the minority here, but I'll go out on a limb and say that the > original behavior does NOT seem like a defect to me. My reasoning: You're not on a limb, plenty of people agree with you. Read the comment trail on PR323 to hear all the arguments hashed out in endless depth: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=323 In any event, the way it's being resolved is to give everybody what they want by providing the new -fexcess-precision= switch and let the user choose on a case-by-case basis, which seems nice to me. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
webmaster | delorie software privacy |
Copyright © 2019 by DJ Delorie | Updated Jul 2019 |