[Python-Dev] Linux Python linking with G++? (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Tue Jul 12 12:28:00 CEST 2005

Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> writes:

[Michael Hudson]

--with-fpectl, for example. Does anyone lurking here actually use that, know what it does and require the functionality? Inquiring minds want to know. I know what it intends to do:

Surprise!

fpectlmodule.c intends to enable the HW FPU divide-by-0, overflow, and invalid operation traps; if any of those traps trigger, raise the C-level SIGFPE signal; and convert SIGFPE to a Python-level FloatingPointError exception. The comments in pyfpe.h explain this best.

But do you use it? I know what it intends to do too, but I don't use it. The questions I asked were in the order they were for a reason.

Cheers, mwh

-- If you are anal, and you love to be right all the time, C++ gives you a multitude of mostly untimportant details to fret about so you can feel good about yourself for getting them "right", while missing the big picture entirely -- from Twisted.Quotes

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