Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:43:18 +0000 From: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" <stephen@missouri.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-numerics@freebsd.org" <freebsd-numerics@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Recent libm additions Message-ID: <4c91b1a4-ecaa-337e-c6d3-89e9d4fcaf83@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfp5jOS2mLQR7GvgxTEqpG5D32tDTf2mY=BJxVXSNitLqQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20180715184255.4965AE50@spqr.komquats.com> <CANCZdfp5jOS2mLQR7GvgxTEqpG5D32tDTf2mY=BJxVXSNitLqQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/15/2018 02:09 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > I'm not saying that he has a lock. I'm saying he's are domain expert and > many mistakes can be avoided by talking to him. > > I'm saying we have history here, and that history, while poorly documented, > wasn't followed. To the extent it is poorly documented, we should fix that. > > Warner > I agree that we should document the process. Maybe also include freebsd-numerics@ on these discussions, as that is why it was created. But I'm really glad these changes were committed. I have found the people tend to drag their feet a lot on numerics issues. Has anyone done an analysis of the OpenBSD powl functions from an accuracy point of view? That is, to test how many ULP of error these functions have? If not, I could give it a go, although not for several months because life is very busy.
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