Re: Somewhat OT: gcc, x86, -ffast-math, and Linux

[Nick Warne]

I had very funny results building a Quake2 MOD I am coder on (Quake2 
dday).

Using -ffast-math made the HMG (e.g.) fire off aim by say 25º.  Do a 
recompile with NO code change, and the HMG would be OK... but then 
the pistol starting firing all over the show.  Do another rebuild (NO 
code change) and then the rifle showed this... etc. etc.

Every new build produced a different result, although the code was 
untouched.

I had to build leaving `--fast-math' option out in the end to get it 
to work correctly.

Maybe bad coding here, but what I didn't understand was why the 
result was so random (like each weapon has it's own code - so why one 
routine worked then after a rebuild didn't and vice versa, I don't 
know).

Nick
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