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Re: [01/12] Add fesetexcept
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Paul E. Murphy" <murphyp at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, <marcus dot shawcroft at arm dot com>, <rth at redhat dot com>, <carlos at redhat dot com>, <vapier at gentoo dot org>, <schwab at suse dot de>, <stli at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, <davem at davemloft dot net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:20:22 +0000
- Subject: Re: [01/12] Add fesetexcept
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On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, Paul E. Murphy wrote:
> > + /* The test is that this does not cause exception traps. */
>
> This is the test description. It would improve readability by reworking
> it into the file description at the top.
This comment is specifically intended to relate to the following line of
code (to explain why nothing is checked about exception flags after that
call, for example). I don't think moving that information away from the
potentially trapping function call would be an improvement.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com