https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99708

--- Comment #6 from Segher Boessenkool <segher at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #5)
> (In reply to Segher Boessenkool from comment #3)
> > In an ideal world the user can just assume those types exist always.

^^^^^^^^

> Arguably a __SIZEOF_xxx__ macro isn't a very sensible macro for types where
> the type has a guaranteed size,

Yes.  And it does not mean the type exist (or is usable), either.

> but we need *something* that says the type
> exists.

Do we?  The types should always exist!

> Since all other targets already use __SIZEOF_xxx__ to say that the
> type exists, it would be consistent and helpful for powerpc to do the same.

Other targets do not have __ieee128 or __ibm128.

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