Re: [boost] A pure C/C++ question

From: Noel Yap (yap_noel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-21 07:16:41

--- Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> From: "Noel Yap" <yap_noel_at_[hidden]>
> > Please forgive this question: How does the
> language
> > treat the two differently for floating point?
> 
> In "x = y * z / u;", y * z is allowed to live in a
> FP register that has
> better precision than 'x'.
> 
> In "x = y * z; x /= u;" y * z is required to be
> truncated to x's precision
> first.

Oh yeah, that's right <:-o

After rereading the original post, I found my post to
be way off.  Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.

Noel

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