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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 1999 07:57:20 -0500
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From:	Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Bug in libm or libstdc++.
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At 02:28 PM 2/28/99 +0200, you wrote:
>
>On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
>> You're wrong, I'm right. Long double versions of atan and friends ARE
>> demanded by the standard.

>Which standard is that?

The ISO C++ standard. The C++ compiling environment is what was under
discussion.

>libm.a which comes with DJGPP v2.02 is not a C++
>library, it's a C library, and AFAIK it conforms to current C
>standards.

Then it must be libstdc++ that is supposed to overload those functions for
floats and long doubles. As the subject says, the bug was in one of those
libraries, and your clarification has narrowed it down to libstdc++.


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