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authorPaul Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>2019-02-04 19:16:50 -0600
committerGabriel F. T. Gomes <gabriel@inconstante.eti.br>2019-02-11 12:03:23 -0200
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Use float in e_sqrt.c
The type used within e_sqrt.c(__slow_ieee754_sqrtf) was, unnecessarily and likely inadvertently, double. float is not only appropriate, but also more efficient, avoiding the need for the compiler to emit a round-to-single-precision instruction. This is the difference in compiled code: 0000000000000000 <__ieee754_sqrtf>: 0: 2c 08 20 ec fsqrts f1,f1 - 4: 18 08 20 fc frsp f1,f1 - 8: 20 00 80 4e blr + 4: 20 00 80 4e blr (Found by Anton Blanchard.)
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+2019-02-11 Paul A. Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>
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+ * sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/e_sqrt.c (__slow_ieee754_sqrtf):
+ Use float instead of double.
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2019-02-11 TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki@linet.gr.jp>
* time/strftime_l.c: Fix a few whitespace arrangement inconsistencies.