Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:31:56 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib strtod.c Message-ID: <20011130133156.79643380D@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011130145450.B68788@ark.cris.net>
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Alexey Zelkin wrote: > hi, > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:48:31AM -0800, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > > phantom 2001/11/30 04:48:31 PST > > > > Modified files: > > lib/libc/stdlib strtod.c > > Log: > > Merge NetBSD's changes from netbsd_strtod.c in preparation of > > removing it from our source tree in order to have one version > > of strtod() for all arches. netbsd_strtod.c still left in source > > tree until alpha folks make sure that our native strtod() works > > as well as NetBSD's one. > > This change mostly affects i386 platform since it switch > using 'long' and 'unsigned long' to int32_t and u_int32_t > respectively. I've tested it against my -stable machine and > did not get any negative effect. If you'll get some please notice > me and I'll switch i386 back to old good long's. This is actually a good thing I think. It is possible to configure gcc to have 64 bit long's on i386, and this would be one less thing to break. This strtod implementation *really* wants those to be 32 bit entities much more than it wants it to be some particular type. Thanks! Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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