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Re: IBM long double fixes
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Steve Munroe <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>, Ryan Arnold <ryanarn at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:24:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: IBM long double fixes
- References: <20130625063840 dot GK21523 at bubble dot grove dot modra dot org>
Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch starts the process of supporting powerpc64 little-endian
> long double in glibc. IBM long double is an array of two ieee
> doubles, so making union ibm_extended_long_double reflect this fact is
> the correct way to access fields of the doubles IMO, rather than
> adding a little-endian version of the current union. That of course
> results in a much larger but mechanical patch.
Could you please separate the mechanical changes from the other fixes?
They should be checked in separately anyway, and it would make it easier
to rewiew.
Andreas.
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