On Tue, 6 Aug 2024, 17:28 Andi Kleen, <a...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > Cassio Neri <cassio.n...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Implement the template function teju_jagua which finds the shortest > > representation of a floating-point number. The floating-point type is a > > template parameter and the implementation is generic enough to handle all > > floating-point types of interest, namely, IEEE 754, std::bfloat16_t, > > x86 80-bit and IBM128. > > So the only benefit is performance, right?
The functions should be as fast as possible. The algorithm is also simpler though. So the patch > should come with some performance numbers how it is better > than the old code. Also how did you validate that it works > correctly? > See the talks linked to in https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2024-August/659362.html > -Andi >