RE: Konqueror and Javascript
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyson Whitehead [mailto:twhitehe@uwo.ca]
> Subject: Re: Konqueror and Javascript
>
> > What is the status?
>
> It seems that Richard Henderson (who I understand to be the
> Alpha tool chain
> guy from RedHat) has unofficially blocked the 'make -mieee
> the default on
> Alpha' patch.
>
Personally, I don't like it because making it the default lets buggy code slip through. 99.9% of the time that I have ever encountered, if something works after adding "-mieee" (or the equivalent with Compaq compilers) that is broken without it, it is usually a case of:
- performing a calculation with an uninitialized floating point variable (either stack or heap garbage left around)
- a division by 0 in a calculation that really should have a safety check around it anyway
Only in .1% of cases, such as in number crunching apps, have I ever seen any real need to need/use -mieee. For run of the mill apps like browsers and office apps, a crash of this nature is usually pointing to a bug that should be squashed.
my $.02 anyway,
Jeff D
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