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Math C library feature detection now works for wasm | ||
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The previous feature detection generated C stubs like: | ||
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.. code-block:: C | ||
void exp(void); // incorrect signature! | ||
exp(); | ||
Then checked whether compiling and linking these worked. This generates warnings | ||
that complain that ``exp`` actually has signature ``double exp(double)`` but would | ||
otherwise work. However ``wasm-ld`` creates a hard error in this case, so when | ||
compiling to a wasm target everything is detected as missing. | ||
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This is now fixed: we feature detect instead with code like: | ||
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.. code-block:: C | ||
double exp(double); // correct signature! | ||
exp((double)0); | ||
which ``wasm-ld`` will link. As a side effect, the feature detection code now | ||
works without generating linker warnings. | ||
Math C library feature detection now uses correct signatures | ||
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Compiling is preceded by a detection phase to determine whether the | ||
underlying libc supports certain math operations. Previously this code | ||
did not respect the proper signatures. Fixing this enables compilation | ||
for the ``wasm-ld`` backend (compilation for web assembly) and reduces | ||
the number of warnings. |