Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?

From: Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:11:23 -0800 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:40 UTC

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:49:11AM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Steve Kargl:
> > Probably not for a very long time.  gcc 4.3 requires both GMP and
> > MPFR libraries.  Neither library is in src.
> 
> I do not know what MPFR is (something about FP, right?) but I wonder at why
> GMP could be needed by a compiler...
> 

http://www.mpfr.org/

The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
computations with correct rounding.

It's used for constant folding.

-- 
Steve