Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 08:27:24 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu, pietervk AT minf DOT vub DOT ac DOT be, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Long double support
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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

> If we did this, we'd have to comply with POSIX namespace rules for
> "feature macros".  However, I prefer the "better function in libm"
> solution, since not everyone #include's stdio.h just to get printf.

I also think that including the default `printf' in libc.a and the 
high-precision one in libm.a is the best compromise.  It solves all the 
problems in the most transparent way and is consistent with DJGPP's 
concept regarding libm.a.