On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:50:24PM -0500, James Mastros wrote:
Why? For at least x86, your way will be a lot slower.
Maybe I should try to find out why Perl 5 does it like that before making
such pronouncements. :)
Nick, any idea why Perl's abs doesn't use abs?
Simon
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I'd like some abs ops so I can make the fp tests better, does
the attached patch do the right thing? I'll commit tomorrow if
no one complains.
Alex Gough
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:41:36PM +, Alex Gough wrote:
I'd like some abs ops so I can make the fp tests better, does
the attached patch do the right thing? I'll commit tomorrow if
no one complains.
I'd prefer you did it the way Perl does it - if (foo 0) foo = -foo;
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Simon Cozens wrote:
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:41:36PM +, Alex Gough wrote:
I'd prefer you did it the way Perl does it - if (foo 0) foo = -foo;
Why? For at least x86, your way will be a lot slower.
-=- James Mastros
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Nicholas Clark wrote:
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:04:13AM +, Simon Cozens wrote:
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:50:24PM -0500, James Mastros wrote:
Why? For at least x86, your way will be a lot slower.
Maybe I should try to find out why Perl 5 does it like that
