Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 6/30/2017 5:20 AM, jmh530 wrote: I've never found real confusing. However, I do see some people confused by the fact that floating point operations may do intermediate steps at higher precision. Walter has provided the reasoning before and I think I agree with it. However, I think a case

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d
On 6/30/17 6:49 AM, Stefan Koch wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:44:41 UTC, ixid wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:26:03 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread jmh530 via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is deprecated by both Intel and AMD and it seems like an unnecessary source of confusion. I've never found real confusing. However, I do see some people confused by

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread Patrick Schluter via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:58:50 UTC, ixid wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:49:19 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:44:41 UTC, ixid wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:26:03 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread ixid via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:49:19 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:44:41 UTC, ixid wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:26:03 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal?

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:44:41 UTC, ixid wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:26:03 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is deprecated by both Intel and AMD and it seems

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread ixid via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:26:03 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is deprecated by both Intel and AMD and it seems like an unnecessary source of confusion. Don't

Re: Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread Nicholas Wilson via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 30 June 2017 at 10:07:44 UTC, ixid wrote: Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is deprecated by both Intel and AMD and it seems like an unnecessary source of confusion. Don't forget that real is only fp80 on x86. On AArch64(?) it is/should be

Deprecate real

2017-06-30 Thread ixid via Digitalmars-d
Are there any reasons not to put real on the path to removal? The hardware is deprecated by both Intel and AMD and it seems like an unnecessary source of confusion.