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  r76300 | mark.dickinson | 2009-11-15 13:12:43 +0000 (Sun, 15 Nov 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue #5792:  Extend short float repr support to x86 platforms using suncc or icc.
  Many thanks Stefan Krah for help and OpenSolaris testing.
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+- Issue #5792: Extend the short float repr support to x86 systems using
+  icc or suncc.
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 - Issue #6603: Change READ_TIMESTAMP macro in ceval.c so that it
   compiles correctly under gcc on x86-64.  This fixes a reported
   problem with the --with-tsc build on x86-64.