diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'gnulib-m4/fpieee.m4')
-rw-r--r-- | gnulib-m4/fpieee.m4 | 52 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnulib-m4/fpieee.m4 b/gnulib-m4/fpieee.m4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f4a92cb --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib-m4/fpieee.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +# fpieee.m4 serial 1 +dnl Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation +dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, +dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. + +dnl IEEE 754 standardized three items: +dnl - The formats of single-float and double-float - nowadays commonly +dnl available as 'float' and 'double' in C and C++. +dnl No autoconf test needed. +dnl - The overflow and division by zero behaviour: The result are values +dnl '±Inf' and 'NaN', rather than exceptions as it was before. +dnl This file provides an autoconf macro for ensuring this behaviour of +dnl floating-point operations. +dnl - A set of conditions (overflow, underflow, inexact, etc.) which can +dnl be configured to trigger an exception. +dnl This cannot be done in a portable way: it depends on the compiler, +dnl libc, kernel, and CPU. No autoconf macro is provided for this. + +dnl Ensure non-trapping behaviour of floating-point overflow and +dnl floating-point division by zero. +dnl (For integer overflow, see gcc's -ftrapv option; for integer division by +dnl zero, see the autoconf macro in intdiv0.m4.) + +AC_DEFUN([gl_FP_IEEE], +[ + AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC]) + AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) + # IEEE behaviour is the default on all CPUs except Alpha and SH + # (according to the test results of Bruno Haible's ieeefp/fenv_default.m4 + # and the GCC 4.1.2 manual). + case "$host_cpu" in + alpha*) + # On Alpha systems, a compiler option provides the behaviour. + # See the ieee(3) manual page, also available at + # <http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/MAN/MAN3/0600____.HTM> + if test -n "$GCC"; then + # GCC has the option -mieee. + CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -mieee" + else + # Compaq (ex-DEC) C has the option -ieee. + CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -ieee" + fi + ;; + sh*) + if test -n "$GCC"; then + # GCC has the option -mieee. + CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -mieee" + fi + ;; + esac +]) |