Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Pfaff wrote: >> C99 added some useful functions to math.h, such as trunc and >> round. Would there be objections to a module that adds >> implementations of those functions? > > This would be a good idea. Can you write it so that it augments <math.h>, > like we do for <fcntl.h> or <sys/stat.h>?
That is my plan. > Can substitutes in gnulib assume that the 'double' format is IEEE 754 > (it is on all modern platforms; VAX was the last one with other formats) ? > Or should they be written in a slower, but more portable way? This question is actually vital. If we can assume IEEE 754, then I can use implementations from glibc. If we can't, then it is more difficult, and I will have to see how clever I can be. Do we have any opinions on this? -- "Implementation details are beyond the scope of the Java virtual machine specification. One should not assume that every virtual machine implementation contains a giant squid." --"Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java"
