joerg added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp:2760
     case options::OPT_fno_honor_nans:       HonorNaNs = false;        break;
     case options::OPT_fapprox_func:         ApproxFunc = true;        break;
     case options::OPT_fno_approx_func:      ApproxFunc = false;       break;
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masoud.ataei wrote:
> masoud.ataei wrote:
> > andrew.w.kaylor wrote:
> > > Should this also imply "MathErrno = false"?
> > I don't think setting ApproxFunc to true should imply "MathErrno = false". 
> > 
> > Let say someone have a math library that compute approximate result for 
> > none special input/output but returns NaN, INF and errno correctly 
> > otherwise. That is actually can be fairly common, because performance in 
> > the none special cases are much more important that the special ones. So 
> > returning errno in the special outputs theoretically should not effect the 
> > performance on the main path. Therefore, I think compiler should not assume 
> > anything about MathErrno value based on ApproxFunc value.
> I am not sure what I was suggesting in my last comment is correct or not. Can 
> one of the more experienced reviewers confirm?
> The question is: Should "ApproxFunc=ture" implies "MathErrno=false"?
They seem pretty orthogonal to me.


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