Re: [boost] Optimized portable isnan, isfinite, fpclassify etc

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-09 07:46:44

Boris Gubenko wrote:
> Johan Rede wrote:
> 
>> I don't think it is worth the trouble.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> If you don't support VAX FP mode, then 64-bit long double is
> "automatically" supported and there is no need to check __X_FLOAT
> macro.
> 
> To verify it, I ran the test and the inspect tool on AlphaVMS and
> Tru64 with 64-bit long double and, as far as I can see, the
> results are correct.
> 
> Attached results in the following order:
> 
>   AlphaVMS
>     test
>       full IEEE support
>       fast IEEE mode
>     inspect
>       full IEEE support
>       fast IEEE mode
>   Tru64
>     full IEEE support
>       test
>       inspect
>     fast IEEE mode
>       test
>       inspect
> 

Everything looks fine.

Which platforms have you tested on now?
Is this list correct?

   VMS / HP C++ 7.1 / alpha, ia64  (ieee fp mode, not vax fp mode)
   Tru64 / Compaq C++ 7.1 / alpha

Is HP C++ the same compiler as aCC?

--Johan