Clang as default compiler November 4th

Tijl Coosemans tijl at coosemans.org
Tue Sep 11 14:29:13 UTC 2012


On 11-09-2012 16:10, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2012-09-11 15:24, Steve Kargl wrote:
>> What is important is whether software built with clang functions
>> correctly.  See for example,
>>
>> http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/errata.html#WhatComp
> 
> Yes, maths support, specifically precision, is admittedly still one of
> clang's (really llvm's) weaker points.  It is currently not really a
> high priority item for upstream.
> 
> This is obviously something that a certain part of our userbase will
> care a lot about, while most of the time they won't care so much about
> licensing or politics.  So those people are probably better off using
> gcc for the time being.

Does it affect the accuracy of libm functions?

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