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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2017-07-05 17:43:58 +0000
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@@ -56,101 +56,22 @@ Major new features:
Exxxx constants, as preprocessor macros expanding to integer literals.
* On ia64, powerpc64le, x86-32, and x86-64, the math library now implements
- 128-bit floating point as defined by IEEE 60559:2011 and ISO/IEC TS
- 18661-3:2015. Support for more architectures will be added in future
- releases. Contributed by Paul E. Murphy, Gabriel F. T. Gomes, and Tulio
- Magno Quites Machado Filho.
+ 128-bit floating point as defined by ISO/IEC/IEEE 60559:2011 (IEEE
+ 754-2008) and ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015. Contributed by Paul E. Murphy,
+ Gabriel F. T. Gomes, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho, and Joseph Myers.
To compile programs that use this feature, the compiler must support
- 128-bit floating point with the type name _Float128 (as defined by
- TS 18661-3) or __float128 (the nonstandard name used by GCC prior to
- version 7).
-
- New <stdlib.h> functions from ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:
-
- - String Conversion Functions: strfromf128 and strtof128.
-
- New <math.h> features from ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:
-
- - Very Large Number macro: HUGE_VAL_F128.
-
- - Signaling NaN macro: SNANF128.
-
- - Trigonometric Functions: acosf128, asinf128, atanf128, atan2f128,
- cosf128, sinf128, tanf128.
-
- - Hyperbolic Functions: acoshf128, asinhf128, atanhf128, coshf128,
- sinhf128, tanhf128.
-
- - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: expf128, exp2f128, expm1f128,
- frexpf128, ilogbf128, ldexpf128, llogbf128, logf128, log10f128,
- log1pf128, log2f128, logbf128, modff128, scalbnf128, scalblnf128.
-
- - Power and Absolute Functions: cbrtf128, fabsf128, hypotf128, powf128,
- sqrtf128.
-
- - Error and Gamma Functions: erff128, erfcf128, lgammaf128, tgammaf128.
-
- - Nearest Integer Functions: ceilf128, floorf128, nearbyintf128,
- rintf128, lrintf128, llrintf128, roundf128, lroundf128, llroundf128,
- roundevenf128, truncf128, fromfpf128, ufromfpf128, fromfpxf128,
- ufromfpxf128.
-
- - Remainder Functions: fmodf128, remainderf128, remquof128.
-
- - Manipulation Functions: copysignf128, nanf128, nextafterf128,
- nextupf128, nextdownf128, canonicalizef128.
-
- - Minimum, Maximum, and Positive Difference Functions: fdimf128,
- fmaxf128, fminf128, fmaxmagf128, fminmagf128.
-
- - Floating Multiply-Add Function: fmaf128.
-
- - Total Order Functions: totalorderf128, totalordermagf128.
-
- - Payload Functions: getpayloadf128, setpayloadf128, setpayloadsigf128.
-
- New <complex.h> functions from ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:
-
- - Trigonometric Functions: cacosf128, casinf128, catanf128, ccosf128,
- csinf128, ctanf128.
-
- - Hyperbolic Functions: cacoshf128, casinhf128, catanhf128, ccoshf128,
- csinhf128, ctanhf128.
-
- - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: cexpf128, clogf128.
-
- - Power and Absolute Functions: cabsf128, cpowf128, csqrtf128.
-
- - Manipulation Functions: cargf128, cimagf128, CMPLXF128, conjf128,
- cprojf128, crealf128.
-
- The following <wchar.h> functions are added as GNU extensions:
-
- - Wide String Conversion Functions: wsctof128, wcstof128_l.
-
- The following <stdlib.h> function is added as a GNU extension:
-
- - String Conversion Function: strtof128_l.
-
- The following <math.h> features are added as GNU extensions:
-
- - Predefined Mathematical Constants: M_Ef128, M_LOG2Ef128,
- M_LOG10Ef128, M_LN2f128, M_LN10f128, M_PIf128, M_PI_2f128,
- M_PI_4f128, M_1_PIf128, M_2_PIf128, M_2_SQRTPIf128, M_SQRT2f128,
- M_SQRT1_2f128.
-
- - Trigonometric Function: sincosf128.
-
- - Exponential and Logarithmic Function: exp10f128.
-
- - Error and Gamma Function: lgammaf128_r.
-
- - Bessel Functions: j0f128, j1f128, jnf128, y0f128, y1f128, ynf128.
-
- The following <complex.h> function is added as a GNU extension:
-
- - Exponential and Logarithmic Function: clog10f128.
+ 128-bit floating point with the type name _Float128 (as defined by TS
+ 18661-3) or __float128 (the nonstandard name used by GCC for C++, and for
+ C prior to version 7). _GNU_SOURCE or __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_TYPES_EXT__
+ must be defined to make the new interfaces visible.
+
+ The new functions and macros correspond to those present for other
+ floating-point types (except for a few obsolescent interfaces not
+ supported for the new type), with F128 or f128 suffixes; for example,
+ strtof128, HUGE_VAL_F128 and cosf128. Following TS 18661-3, there are no
+ printf or scanf formats for the new type; the strfromf128 and strtof128
+ interfaces should be used instead.
Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: