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For GCC 4.8.1 it was not yet possible to use typeinfo
for float_128
on GCC: see
GCC 43622.
So this code (to display the mangled name) failed to link undefined
reference to
typeinfo for
__float128
std::cout << typeid(boost::float128_t).name() << std::endl;
This prevent using the existing tests for Boost.Math distributions, (unless a few lines are commented out) and if a MACRO BOOST_MATH_INSTRUMENT controlling them is defined then some diagnostic displays in Boost.Math will not work.
However this was only used for display purposes and could be commented out until this was fixed in GCC 5.
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