Fix comment typos
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@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ FUNC1(tanh, tanh, 0,
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sum([1e+308, 1e+308, 1e-308]) raises an OverflowError due to the
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overflow of the first partial sum.
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Note 3: The itermediate values lo, yr, and hi are declared volatile so
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Note 3: The intermediate values lo, yr, and hi are declared volatile so
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aggressive compilers won't algebraicly reduce lo to always be exactly 0.0.
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Also, the volatile declaration forces the values to be stored in memory as
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regular doubles instead of extended long precision (80-bit) values. This
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prevents double rounding because any addition or substraction of two doubles
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prevents double rounding because any addition or subtraction of two doubles
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can be resolved exactly into double-sized hi and lo values. As long as the
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hi value gets forced into a double before yr and lo are computed, the extra
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bits in downstream extended precision operations (x87 for example) will be
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