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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
January 3, 2005 09:42
Subject:
Re: modf chainsaw?
Message ID:
20050103174205.1894.13@llama.ing-simmons.net
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org> writes:
>On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 06:13:34PM +0100, Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
>> H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>> > 
>> > /me calls for the 5.6 pumpking: Acme?????
>> 
>> I'd prefer to avoid "chainsawing out" modfl from Configure,
>> mostly for sentimental reasons.
>
>I would leave detection of d_modfl, d_modflproto, d_modfl_pow32_bug,
>d_aintl, and d_copysignl in place; just remove the uselongdouble
>restriction.  Care to explain your sentimental reasons further?

Well my 2¢ 

 1¢ - it probably took "us" a while to get it right
      seem a shame to loose all that knowledge.
 1¢ - who knows if some extension is using $Config{d_modfl}




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