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authorPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-02-14 16:41:11 -0600
committerPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-04-30 08:52:08 -0500
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Rename __LONG_DOUBLE_USES_FLOAT128 to __LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI
Improve the commentary to aid future developers who will stumble upon this novel, yet not always perfect, mechanism to support alternative formats for long double. Likewise, rename __LONG_DOUBLE_USES_FLOAT128 to __LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI now that development work has settled down. The command used was git grep -l __LONG_DOUBLE_USES_FLOAT128 ':!./ChangeLog*' | \ xargs sed -i 's/__LONG_DOUBLE_USES_FLOAT128/__LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI/g' Reviewed-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/bits/long-double.h b/bits/long-double.h
index 6e16447..bdde78f 100644
--- a/bits/long-double.h
+++ b/bits/long-double.h
@@ -37,4 +37,17 @@
#ifndef __NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH
# define __NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH 1
#endif
-#define __LONG_DOUBLE_USES_FLOAT128 0
+
+/* The macro __LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI is used to determine the
+ choice of the underlying ABI of long double. It will always assume
+ a constant value for each translation unit.
+
+ If the value is non-zero, any API which is parameterized by the long
+ double type (i.e the scanf/printf family of functions or the explicitly
+ parameterized math.h functions) will be redirected to a compatible
+ implementation using _Float128 ABI via symbols suffixed with ieee128.
+
+ The mechanism this macro uses to acquire may be a function
+ of architecture, or target specific options used to invoke the
+ compiler. */
+#define __LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI 0