Contemplate rustc_apfloat for platform consistent floats #44

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opened 2024-03-15 01:57:06 +00:00 by jade · 1 comment

jade commented

2024-03-15 01:57:06 +00:00

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Nix regrettably has floats, which can be used to implement ray tracers and other inadvisable things. We would rather it didn't, but let's make them consistent.

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puck commented

2024-03-15 17:30:35 +00:00

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I'm a bit unsure how strongly this is needed; IEEE floats should be bit-identical for the base (divide, add, subtract, multiply) operations. It might be good to have either way, though.

(I also like how mentioning rustc_apfloat immediately divulges who you got this idea from, rather than mentioning the upstream llvm APFloat )

I'm a bit unsure how strongly this is needed; IEEE floats should be bit-identical for the base (divide, add, subtract, multiply) operations. It might be good to have either way, though. (I also like how mentioning `rustc_apfloat` immediately divulges who you got this idea from, rather than mentioning the upstream llvm APFloat :neofox:)

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