Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:38:11 -0700 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-numerics@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standards/175811: libstdc++ needs complex support in order use C99 Message-ID: <20130531033811.GA95005@zim.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <51A7BCE8.3010001@missouri.edu> References: <201302040328.r143SUd3039504@freefall.freebsd.org> <510F306A.6090009@missouri.edu> <C5BD0238-121D-4D8B-924A-230C07222666@FreeBSD.org> <20130530064635.GA91597@zim.MIT.EDU> <51A77324.2070702@FreeBSD.org> <20130530171348.GA67170@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <51A7BCE8.3010001@missouri.edu>
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On Thu, May 30, 2013, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > On 05/30/2013 12:13 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > What I find appalling is reading "people are tired > > of the situation with libm, so I'm going to commit > > some atrocious hack". The proper response should be > > "so I'm going to help implement and test the missing > > functionality". It's unfortunate that only a few > > individuals are working to fix libm, but such is > > life. > > I don't think the problem is that there are too few individuals. I > think the problem is that the standards are set too high. I presented > numerically accurate complex arc-trig functions a long time ago, and I > became increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress. > > I am pleased that it got committed a few days ago. > > But I feel that the change requests, particular the style change > requests, became too much. I dutifully complied with the many style > changes, but it became overwhelming. Bruce is very meticulous and has a lot of good feedback, but it's important to understand that Bruce's standards are not the minimum standards for committing a change. Bruce doesn't commit directly anymore in any case. I don't think I have ever committed a change that Bruce could find no flaws in, including patches submitted by Bruce himself. :) It's okay to commit some working code first and then improve it later.
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