Python is not able to detect if compiler double representation is
compliant with IEE754:
checking whether C doubles are little-endian IEEE 754 binary64... no
checking whether C doubles are big-endian IEEE 754 binary64... no
checking whether C doubles are ARM mixed-endian IEEE 754 binary64... no
Accordingly 'legacy' mode isused. It is possible to check this at
runtime by check if 'sys.float_repr_style' contains 'short' or
'legacy'. Calculus correctness is not garanteed with 'legacy'.
Problem is better described here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29920294/what-causes-pythons-float-repr-style-to-use-legacyhttps://bugs.python.org/issue7117
However, all gcc architecture use a representation compliant with
IEE754. So, we can enable it unconditionnaly.
Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jezz@sysmic.org>
[Thomas: rework condition to not use strip, as suggested by Baruch.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
