Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte
by josefx on Friday October 18, 2024 @03:30AM
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> you still have to deal with NaN.
Detecting and filtering out NaNs is both trivial and reliable as long as nobody instructs the compiler to break basic floating point operations (so no ffast-math). Dealing with a compiler that randomly changes the values of your variables is much harder.
Detecting and filtering out NaNs is both trivial and reliable as long as nobody instructs the compiler to break basic floating point operations (so no ffast-math). Dealing with a compiler that randomly changes the values of your variables is much harder.