Comments about FFT PATCH ready



Richard Fateman wrote:
> ?iga Lenar?i? wrote:
>>
>> Another thing - I think fft should use 'flonum' type instead of 
>> 'double-float', right (to support compilation with double-doubles
>> and  so on)?
>>
>>   
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> I don't know about all lisps, but one I use does no optimization with
> "flonum".  It requires double-float or single-float to produce better
> code.
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flonum is a deftype.  It should be the same as double-float, except if
you compile maxima to use long-float support (disabled by default).

Hopefully the compiler is smart enough to know that flonum is the same
as double-float.

Ray