[Cfp-interest] _Float64x conditional requirement

[Ian McIntosh]

That sounds reasonable to me, as long as the wording makes it clear that no
specific version of _Float64x (eg, Intel 80 bit) is required.

- Ian McIntosh          IBM Canada Lab         Compiler Back End Support
and Development



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  |Jim Thomas <jwthomas at cup.hp.com>                                                                                                                  |
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  |[Cfp-interest] _Float64x conditional requirement                                                                                                  |
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  |cfp-interest-bounces at oakapple.net                                                                                                                 |
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The example in section 4 of the Functions spec states that an
implementation supporting _Float128 must support _Float64x (which may be
_Float128). However, the current Formats spec doesn't require this.
Changing the Formats spec (to require _Float64x if _Float128 is
supported) should make code using _Float64x more portable. Your thoughts?

-Jim
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