Re:Faster asin() was hiding in plain sight
by cmovq on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:04PM
(#47339008)
Compilers cannot do this optimization for floating point [1] unless you're compiling with -ffast-math. In general, don't rely on compilers to optimize floating point sub-expressions.
[1]: https://godbolt.org/z/8bEjE9Wxx