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authorJoseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>2024-05-20 13:41:39 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>2024-05-20 13:41:39 +0000
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Implement C23 log2p1
C23 adds various <math.h> function families originally defined in TS 18661-4. Add the log2p1 functions (log2(1+x): like log1p, but for base-2 logarithms). This illustrates the intended structure of implementations of all these function families: define them initially with a type-generic template implementation. If someone wishes to add type-specific implementations, it is likely such implementations can be both faster and more accurate than the type-generic one and can then override it for types for which they are implemented (adding benchmarks would be desirable in such cases to demonstrate that a new implementation is indeed faster). The test inputs are copied from those for log1p. Note that these changes make gen-auto-libm-tests depend on MPFR 4.2 (or later). The bulk of the changes are fairly generic for any such new function. (sysdeps/powerpc/nofpu/Makefile only needs changing for those type-generic templates that use fabs.) Tested for x86_64 and x86, and with build-many-glibcs.py.
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@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Major new features:
by _GNU_SOURCE, or by compiling with the GCC options -std=c23,
-std=gnu23, -std=c2x or -std=gnu2x.
+* The following ISO C23 function families (introduced in TS
+ 18661-4:2015) are now supported in <math.h>. Each family includes
+ functions for float, double, long double, _FloatN and _FloatNx, and a
+ type-generic macro in <tgmath.h>.
+
+ - Logarithmic functions: log2p1.
+
* A new tunable, glibc.rtld.enable_secure, used to run a program
as if it were a setuid process. This is currently a testing tool to allow
more extensive verification tests for AT_SECURE programs and not meant to