Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Some of the go tests require explicit -mieee compile flag [1]. Is >>> there a way to conditionally pass this flag to the compiler? >> >> What does Java do? > > Nothing... while the library is compiled with -mieee (the same as > libgo), the user is still expected to pass -mieee as a compile flag > for full IEEE compliance.
I'm not going to worry too much about Alpha, but this is just wrong. I recognize that Alpha imposes a significant penalty on IEEE-correctness, but nevertheless the Java and Go languages require it. Programmers shouldn't have to use a special option to get correct behaviour as defined by the language. It should be the other way around: they should have to use a special option to indicate that they don't care about correct behaviour. > I will propose the patch in a follow-up message. Thanks. Ian
