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

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 16:41:05 CEST 2005

Nobody uses it. It should be ripped out. If someone disagrees, let them speak up.

On 7/12/05, Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote:

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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