use of MAXFLOAT in share/vm/opto/addnode.cpp

[Tom Rodriguez]

On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:53 PM, roger hoover wrote:

> Yes, it is causing builds to fail with some of apple's experimental compiler/include file combinations:
> /SourceCache/JavaJDK16/JavaJDK16-391/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/addnode.cpp:37:1: error: "MAXFLOAT" redefined

I can delete it as part of the changes to fix the recently reported collision with __LEAF and gcc.  I don't really want a whole new bug for it.  Does it matter to you?  It can clearly be safepoint deleted since it's mentioned nowhere in the system.

tom

> 
> On Oct 20, 2011, at    1:48 PM, Tom Rodriguez wrote:
> 
>> No, it looks like an old useless def that could be deleted.  Is it causing problems for you?
>> 
>> tom
>> 
>> On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:37 PM, roger hoover wrote:
>> 
>>> ./src/share/vm/opto/addnode.cpp:37:#define MAXFLOAT        ((float)3.40282346638528860e+38)
>>> 
>>> Can anyone explain the inclusion of the above definition of MAXFLOAT?
>>> 
>>> roger
>>> 
>> 
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