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Szabolcs Nagy 5652d70054 math: bessel cleanup (jn.c and jnf.c)
both jn and yn functions had integer overflow issues for large
and small n

to handle these issues nm1 (== |n|-1) is used instead of n and -n
in the code and some loops are changed to make sure the iteration
counter does not overflow

(another solution could be to use larger integer type or even double
but that has more size and runtime cost, on x87 loading int64_t or
even uint32_t into an fpu register is more than two times slower than
loading int32_t, and using double for n slows down iteration logic)

yn(-1,0) now returns inf

posix2008 specifies that on overflow and at +-0 all y0,y1,yn functions
return -inf, this is not consistent with math when n<0 odd integer in yn
(eg. when x->0, yn(-1,x)->inf, but historically yn(-1,0) seems to be
special cased and returned -inf)

some threshold values in jnf and ynf were fixed that seems to be
incorrectly copy-pasted from the double version
2013-01-01 22:20:45 +01:00
arch x86_64/bits/signal.h: fix typo in REG_CSGSFS 2012-12-19 06:09:57 +01:00
crt add support for ctors/dtors on arm with modern gcc 2012-12-07 23:04:49 -05:00
dist add another example option to dist/config.mak 2012-04-24 16:49:11 -04:00
include expose [v]asprintf under _BSD_SOURCE 2012-12-28 15:39:33 -05:00
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src math: bessel cleanup (jn.c and jnf.c) 2013-01-01 22:20:45 +01:00
tools gcc wrapper improvement: leave libgcc dir in the library path 2012-07-23 23:29:03 -04:00
.gitignore new gcc wrapper, entirely specfile based 2012-04-22 14:32:49 -04:00
COPYRIGHT update copyright file for recent contributions 2012-11-14 20:24:46 -05:00
INSTALL update readme and release notes for 0.9.8 2012-11-26 21:01:30 -05:00
Makefile offer REALGCC variable to configure musl-gcc wrapper at runtime 2012-09-21 13:47:26 -04:00
README update documentation 2012-10-26 20:14:19 -04:00
WHATSNEW update readme and release notes for 0.9.8 2012-11-26 21:01:30 -05:00
configure treat invalid C as an error even if warnings aren't enabled. 2012-12-11 23:28:31 -05:00

README

musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.

musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,

    http://www.musl-libc.org/

For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.

Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright and
license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).



Greetings!

The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface coverage for all
interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number
of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.

The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.

Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
website for details.

The musl project is actively seeking contributors, mostly in the areas
of porting, testing, and application compatibility improvement. For
bug reports, support requests, or to get involved in development,
please visit #musl on Freenode IRC or subscribe to the musl mailing
list by sending a blank email to musl-subscribe AT lists DOT openwall
DOT com.

Thank you for using musl.

Cheers,

Rich Felker / dalias