[llvm-commits] [llvm-gcc-4.0] r42134 - /llvm-gcc-4.0/trunk/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp

[Dale Johannesen]

On Sep 19, 2007, at 7:46 AM, Duncan Sands wrote:

>> Code downstream, starting with EmitBuiltinUnaryFPOp, is not ready for
>> long double functions.  This is not the best or a permanent fix, but
>> correct for the moment.
>
> I see - thanks.  By the way, how do you plan to handle constant  
> folding
> of sqrt and friends when the host doesn't handle long doubles?

It can be done by emulation in APFloat, but it's not a high priority  
for me (I'm not a numerics expert, but this is the sort of thing you  
can look up).  In  the short term that just won't be done.