wristow added a comment.
The Release Note change here says:
Floating Point Support in Clang
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- The -ffp-model=precise now implies -ffp-contract=on rather than
-ffp-contract=fast, and the documentation of these features has been
clarified. Previously, the documentation claimed that -ffp-model=precise was
the default, but this was incorrect because the precise model implied
-ffp-contract=fast, whereas the default behavior is -ffp-contract=on.
-ffp-model=precise is now exactly the default mode of the compiler.
Unless I'm missing something, there is a related change here that I think
should be more overtly noted (given the discussions in this review, I //think//
this additional change is understood/expected, but I'm surprised it's not
pointed out explicitly -- so maybe I'm misunderstanding).
Specifically, this commit explicitly sets `-ffp-contract=on` in the default
mode (which is what the documentation said, and continues to say). But
previously, there wasn't //any// explicit setting of `-ffp-contract` by default
(and I think that lack of an explicit setting, was equivalent to
`-ffp-contract=off`).
So with this commit, we now enable FMA by default (even at `-O0`). Noting the
semantic change that FMA is now being enabled by default seems sensible.
Succinctly, in terms of the Release Note, the documentation claims that
`-ffp-contract=on` is the default, but in fact the behavior //was// as though
`-ffp-contract=off` was the default. The default now really is
`-ffp-contract=on`.
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Also, I see a relatively minor point about `-ffp-contract` in the Users Manual.
It says that setting `-ffast-math` implies `-ffp-contract=fast`, and it says
that setting `-ffp-model=fast` "Behaves identically to specifying both
`-ffast-math` and `ffp-contract=fast`". But that's redundant, since
`-ffast-math` already implies `-ffp-contract=fast`. That is, `-ffast-math`
and `-ffp-model=fast` are equivalent.
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