------- Additional Comments From uros at kss-loka dot si 2005-01-14 06:37
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This comment was found in fold-const.c:
/* Try some transformations of A op B ? A : B.
A == B? A : B same as B
A != B? A : B same as A
A >= B? A : B same as max (A, B)
A > B? A : B same as max (B, A)
A <= B? A : B same as min (A, B)
A < B? A : B same as min (B, A)
As above, these transformations don't work in the presence
of signed zeros. For example, if A and B are zeros of
opposite sign, the first two transformations will change
the sign of the result. In the last four, the original
expressions give different results for (A=+0, B=-0) and
(A=-0, B=+0), but the transformed expressions do not.
The first two transformations are correct if either A or B
is a NaN. In the first transformation, the condition will
be false, and B will indeed be chosen. In the case of the
second transformation, the condition A != B will be true,
and A will be chosen.
The conversions to max() and min() are not correct if B is
a number and A is not. The conditions in the original
expressions will be false, so all four give B. The min()
and max() versions would give a NaN instead. */
The testcase is ineed a bit unfortunate. I'll open an enhancement request
regarding -ffast-math, as you suggested.
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19250
