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authorDuncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>2012-04-09 14:08:00 +0000
committerDuncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>2012-04-09 14:08:00 +0000
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Clarify that fpaccuracy metadata is giving the compiler permission to use a
less accurate method. llvm-svn: 154319
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@@ -3006,8 +3006,10 @@ call void @llvm.dbg.value(metadata !24, i64 0, metadata !25)
<div>
<p><tt>fpaccuracy</tt> metadata may be attached to any instruction of floating
- point type. It expresses the maximum relative error of the result of
- that instruction, in ULPs. ULP is defined as follows:</p>
+ point type. It expresses the maximum relative error allowed in the result
+ of that instruction, in ULPs, thus potentially allowing the compiler to use
+ a more efficient but less accurate method of computing it.
+ ULP is defined as follows:</p>
<blockquote>
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