"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skribis: > Now, I have to problem with developers closing some bug opened by a ricer > out there that's added -ffast-math to their CFLAGS as WONTFIX/INVALID > since it's not really a problem. All the parts provided by Gentoo > (ebuild, source, compiler, portage, etc.) all behaving properly. It's > just that, just like the warning says, programs WILL break > under -ffast-math.
I have to disagree with this strongly, because -ffast-math means you want code that violates the IEEE floating point standard. > > Indeed, there aren’t many fields of ‘production’ in which end users > > ought to be encouraged to try things that expose flaws in design or > > manufacture. > > I disagree. I want to know about those flaws, and I want the manufactures > to fix them -- which is why I like Consumer Reports so much. :) It’s one thing to read Consumer Reports and have it say your SUV rolls over easily, and another to drive in a manner likely to roll your SUV over. It’s even worse to sort of hold SUV drivers hostage by encouraging them to roll over their SUVs unless and until the manufacturer fixes the SUV. People should be encouraged to drive their dangerous vehicles safely, and so should users be encouraged to set their CFLAGS safely. -- Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://chemoelectric.org Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com (PDF) 'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html)
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