Re: newlib vs C99 math functions

[mwoehlke <mwoehlke at tibco dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:35:44PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote:
> > Andrew Pinski wrote:
> > > While porting some code over to use newlib from a closed source libc,
> > > I ran into the problem of that newlib did not implement most of the
> > > C99 math functions or macros.  I ran into the problem that FP_ILOGB0
> > > was not defined and I was wondering if anyone is working on adding any
> > > of the C99 math functions to newlib?
> > >
> > > Also is there a bug system for newlib because it would be great to
> > > file bugs about the problems I ran into.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Andrew Pinski
> > Well, newlib's printf() does not support "%a"/"%A" which are required by 
> > C99, so my observation of the C99 support at least is "spotty at best".
> >
> > Meanwhile, I'll wait anxiously to see you get any more attention from 
> > the 'official' folks than I've gotten so far.
>
> http://isbn.nu/0671723650

Meh :-D
(You know, I think we're going to get a lot of mileage out of that...)

I apologize for getting used to the promptness of Cygwin's list. This 
one *does* seems dead by comparison.

Now that we know you're here, do you know if anyone is working on adding 
C99-conformance to newlib? ;-)

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