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Clarify in the docs that mul_add is not always faster. #50572

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/libstd/f32.rs
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Expand Up @@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ impl f32 {
}

/// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding
/// error. This produces a more accurate result with better performance than
/// a separate multiplication operation followed by an add.
/// error, yielding a more accurate result than an unfused multiply-add.
///
/// Using `mul_add` can be more performant than an unfused multiply-add if
/// the target architecture has a dedicated `fma` CPU instruction.
///
/// ```
/// use std::f32;
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/libstd/f64.rs
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Expand Up @@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ impl f64 {
}

/// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding
/// error. This produces a more accurate result with better performance than
/// a separate multiplication operation followed by an add.
/// error, yielding a more accurate result than an unfused multiply-add.
///
/// Using `mul_add` can be more performant than an unfused multiply-add if
/// the target architecture has a dedicated `fma` CPU instruction.
///
/// ```
/// let m = 10.0_f64;
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