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Message-ID: <a0d9f427-2b65-4329-b264-47337597a4ad@inode.at>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 23:02:58 +0200
From: Aaron Peter Bachmann <aaron_ng@...de.at>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: f128 aliases for long double math symbols

*Florian Weimer

>* Rich Felker:
>
>> In addition, if the functions were standardized, it would violate the
> requirement of non-equality of function pointers for distinct
>> functions.
>
>Is there really such a requirement for functions that have distinct
>types?
>

Surprisingly, there is no such requirement for library functions.
For long time I lived with this misconception as well.
Following defect report clarifies this:
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/dr_078.html

Regards, Aaron Peter Bachmann

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