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Subject: Re: math.h:nexttoward missing in cygwin
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On Jul 25 19:07, David Manura wrote:
> The math.h nexttoward function [1] in math.h is not available in
> Cygwin gcc (but does exist under the ming compiler in Cygwin).  It's
> not clear to me though when nexttoward is preferred over nextafter.
> Boost calls nexttoward a legacy function [2].

The reason is as yet missing long double support in newlib.


Corinna

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