Note that this (and the static variable version) is discussed here for GCC:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-02/msg00133.html
+Here's another example (the sgn function):
+double testf(double a) {
+ return a == 0.0 ? 0.0 : (a > 0.0 ? 1.0 : -1.0);
+}
+
+it produces a BB like this:
+LBB1_1: ; cond_true
+ lis r2, ha16(LCPI1_0)
+ lfs f0, lo16(LCPI1_0)(r2)
+ lis r2, ha16(LCPI1_1)
+ lis r3, ha16(LCPI1_2)
+ lfs f2, lo16(LCPI1_2)(r3)
+ lfs f3, lo16(LCPI1_1)(r2)
+ fsub f0, f0, f1
+ fsel f1, f0, f2, f3
+ blr
+
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