Nobody uses it. It should be ripped out. If someone disagrees, let them speak up.
On 7/12/05, Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [Michael Hudson] > >> --with-fpectl, for example. Does anyone lurking here actually use > >> that, know what it does and require the functionality? Inquiring > >> minds want to know. > > > > I know what it intends to do: > > Surprise! > > > fpectlmodule.c intends to enable the HW FPU divide-by-0, overflow, > > and invalid operation traps; if any of those traps trigger, raise > > the C-level SIGFPE signal; and convert SIGFPE to a Python-level > > FloatingPointError exception. The comments in pyfpe.h explain this > > best. > > But do you use it? I know what it intends to do too, but I don't use > it. The questions I asked were in the order they were for a reason. > > Cheers, > mwh > > -- > <cube> If you are anal, and you love to be right all the time, C++ > gives you a multitude of mostly untimportant details to fret about > so you can feel good about yourself for getting them "right", > while missing the big picture entirely -- from Twisted.Quotes > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
