From 6fd7449401447d9fc94d13582f4df8a78e88c635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Burley Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 03:17:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] invoke.texi (-ffloat-store): Clarify that this option does not affect intermediate results -- only variables. * invoke.texi (-ffloat-store): Clarify that this option does not affect intermediate results -- only variables. From-SVN: r22614 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gcc/invoke.texi | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 6a94c26d129..ef0e468f666 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Mon Sep 28 04:15:44 1998 Craig Burley + + * invoke.texi (-ffloat-store): Clarify that this option + does not affect intermediate results -- only variables. + Mon Sep 28 04:11:35 1998 Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com) * cpp.texi: Update for Fortran usage from Craig. diff --git a/gcc/invoke.texi b/gcc/invoke.texi index b7238cc50fa..e60cfd16414 100644 --- a/gcc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/invoke.texi @@ -2159,7 +2159,8 @@ the 68000 where the floating registers (of the 68881) keep more precision than a @code{double} is supposed to have. Similarly for the x86 architecture. For most programs, the excess precision does only good, but a few programs rely on the precise definition of IEEE floating -point. Use @samp{-ffloat-store} for such programs. +point. Use @samp{-ffloat-store} for such programs, after modifying +them to store all pertinent intermediate computations into variables. @item -fno-default-inline Do not make member functions inline by default merely because they are