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Re: [PATCH] glibc _moddi3

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From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
March 2, 2003 09:34
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] glibc _moddi3
Message ID:
20030302173447.GT7547@kosh.hut.fi
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:32:08PM +0100, Tels wrote:
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> Moin,
> 
> On 02-Mar-03 Jarkko Hietaniemi carved into stone:
> > Awwwright.  Maybe I give in and implement Configure scan for llabs().
> > (And then use that for the Abs() macro if HAS_LLABS && IVSIZE == 8 &&
> > QUADKIND == QUAD_IS_LONG_LONG).
> 
> My question was: is abs() or llabs() ever used or is this optimized away in
> any case anyway?

I dunno how gcc decides to optimise the few uses of abs() in the sources.

-- 
Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ "There is this special
biologist word we use for 'stable'.  It is 'dead'." -- Jack Cohen

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