[Bf-committers] Why not use sqrtf instead of sqrt?

[D.J. Capelis]

Can't this all be solved fairly easily with
#defines for the relevent platforms?

--- Arne Schmitz
<arne.schmitz@mmweg.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 18. Juni 2004 22:07 schrieb Kent
> Mein:
> > In reply to Panagiotis Papadakos
> (papadako@csd.uoc.gr):
> > > Since in many cases sqrt is used for float
> numbers, I think it should be
> > > replaced by sqrtf, which would make the
> code cleaner (no casting) and
> > > should also be faster in some systems! Any
> comments?
> >
> > Well under solaris I don't think there is a
> sqrtf so we'd have to do
> > some nasty stuff that would result in uglier
> code.
> 
> But the thing is: sqrtf() is a C99 function.
> And I wonder if blender should be 
> using either
> 
> 	a) Code that complies to a recent (i.e. C99)
> standard 
> 
> or
> 
> 	b) Code that complies to an older albeit
> probably more portable standard
> 	(i.e. ANSI)
> 
> I for one would rather pick a), but if someone
> comes up with a good reason for 
> b)...
> 
> 	Arne
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