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by bombcar 1387 days ago
It's a quirk of language, that for compiler writers and other algorithmic people "fast" often means "ballpark, but damn quick".

It's hard to come up with a similar name that isn't long.

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> It's hard to come up with a similar name that isn't long.

The suggestion given elsewhere in these comments to call it "unsafe math" instead of "fast math" sounds good. It's nearly as short, and properly conveys the "you must know what you're doing" aspect of these flags. It's even better if you're used to Rust.

"-Wslightly-broken-but-swift"