[MLton] Real32... optional?
Matthew Fluet
mtf at cs.rit.edu
Tue Oct 13 12:21:53 PDT 2009
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> The s390 architecture only has 64-bit IEEE registers. Should I remove the
> Real32 structure and update the regressions appropriately? Or does MLton
> guarantee the presence of this optional structure?
>
> Otherwise the port was a breeze (all other regressions pass).
Real32 is definitely desirable on x86 and amd64. Reconfiguring the basis
library to only sometimes compile and export Real32 would be a major
undertaking. The platform configurability of the basis library is only on
a very local level.
Using the software floating-point support seems best.
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