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Subject: Re: Checking for Undefined [was Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific
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On 2006-05-25 15:30:42 -0300, Thomas Koenig <Thomas.Koenig@online.de> said:

> Gordon Sande  <g.sande@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
>> They even set INTENT ( IN ) variables to undefined so a
>> user can set the undefined attribute/(bit configuration) themselves
>> if they are doing an internal storeage allocation themselves. Neat!
> 
> I don't understand this.  Do you mean INTENT (OUT)?

Oops! You have the correct version.

>> Initialization to signaling NANs if a quick and effective approximation.
>> Needs help from first the loader and then the storeage allocator.
> 
>> Until you have used it and it has saved a goodly block of time it
>> is a feature that many just shrug and say "That's nice". They do not
>> realize what they are missing.
> 
> Oh, yes.  I have used this feature on MIPS (-trapuv), and have
> sorely missed it on the compilers I've used since.