Description

This option ensures that the math library functions produce consistent results across different microarchitectural implementations of the same architecture (for example, across different microarchitectural implementations of IA-32 architecture). Consistency is only guaranteed for a single binary. Consistency is not guaranteed across different architectures. For example, consistency is not guaranteed across IA-32 architecture and Intel® 64 architecture.

If you need to define the accuracy for a math function of a certain precision, specify the function name of the precision that you need. For example, if you want double precision, you can specify :sin; if you want single precision, you can specify :sinf, as in

-fimf-arch-consistency=true:sin

or

/Qimf-arch-consistency:true:sin

, or

-fimf-arch-consistency=false:sqrtf

or

/Qimf-arch-consistency:false:sqrtf

.

If you do not specify any function names, then the setting applies to all functions (and to all precisions). However, as soon as you specify an individual function name, the setting applies only to the function of corresponding precision. So, for example, sinf applies only to the single-precision sine function, sin applies only to the double-precision sine function, sinl applies only to the extended-precision sine function, etc.

The

-fimf-arch-consistency

(Linux*) and

/Qimf-arch-consistency

(Windows*) option may decrease run-time performance, but the option will provide bit-wise consistent results on all Intel® processors and compatible, non-Intel processors, regardless of micro-architecture. This option may not provide bit-wise consistent results between different architectures.