From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
To: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Provide ISO C functions not provided by the _Float128 API
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87602mcqjo.fsf@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1806071444470.31172@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
>
>> These functions do not exist in the float128 api, but they need to be
>> provided for long double (*l api) because they are part of ISO C.
>
> They're not part of ISO C; they are part of *the long double API provided
> by glibc* (and thus need to be provided for any alternative long double
> format just like any other semi-obsolescent but still-available long
> double interface, e.g. qecvt).
Indeed.
> Is it possible to provide these particular functions in the API without
> adding extra ABIs for them? For example, if the relevant case in math.h
> had #defines of __dremieee128 or __ieee128_dreml or whatever it ends up
> being to the corresponding name for remainder, and likewise for gamma /
> lgamma, would that work correctly with __REDIRECT to get calls to dreml
> and gammal working for -mabi=ieeelongdouble without needing to add two new
> ABIs and two new source files?
Yes, it is.
I'm dropping this patch.
--
Tulio Magno
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-13 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-06 22:41 [PATCH 0/9] Introduce ieee128 symbols and redirections Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:41 ` [PATCH 1/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Create libm-alias-float128.h Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 23:05 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-13 20:16 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:41 ` [PATCH 4/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Add a generic significand() implementation Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-07 13:38 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-15 20:16 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-15 20:20 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:41 ` [PATCH 3/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Provide a generic scalb implementation Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:41 ` [PATCH 2/9] Move declare_mgen_finite_alias definition Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-07 13:25 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-06 22:42 ` [PATCH 7/9] Refactor math-finite.h and introduce mathcalls-redir.h Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 23:23 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-13 21:36 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-13 22:58 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-14 18:07 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:42 ` [PATCH 6/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Provide nexttoward functions Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:42 ` [PATCH 5/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Provide ISO C functions not provided by the _Float128 API Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-07 14:51 ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-13 21:41 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho [this message]
2018-06-06 22:42 ` [PATCH 8/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Redirect long double functions to f128/ieee128 functions Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 22:43 ` [PATCH 9/9] ldbl-128ibm-compat: Redirect complex math functions Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-06 23:11 ` [PATCH 0/9] Introduce ieee128 symbols and redirections Joseph Myers
2018-06-13 20:25 ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
2018-06-13 20:28 ` Joseph Myers
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