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I wonder if we shouldn't try and get rid of float wherever possible.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Nick Trout <chinbillybilbo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Any thoughts on this?
>
>
> On 26 January 2013 20:11, Nick Trout <chinbillybilbo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I noticed whilst going through the code that float math functions are
>> sometimes used inconsistently, e.g. fabs instead of fabsf where <math.h>
>> declares:
>>
>> double fabs(double);
>> float fabsf(float);
>>
>> The compiler should promote the argument to a double. This might not be
>> inefficient on some platforms, but it is inconsistent, and could inefficient
>> on some lesser platforms.
>>
>> Cheers, Nick
>>
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