[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > qbeta.c:174 (prevent excess precision) > Might this not just get optimized out? I doubt modern compilers respect > the volatile keyword.
What makes you say that? If they don't, they'll break other things than qbeta, including the computation of machine constants. Some buggy versions of GCC, including early versions of the infamous "2.96" Redhat never-should-have-been release did ignore volatiles and we suffered the consequences. Been there, got the scars... [r-bugs taken off Cc: list] -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
