https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19712

          Issue ID: 19712
           Summary: std.math.sin and cos cast float to real before
                    evaluating.
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: alex@sunopti.com

import std.stdio;
import std.math;
import std.random;
import core.stdc.math;
import std.datetime;


void main()
{
        auto r = benchmark!(

()=> std.math.sin(uniform(0.0f,1.0f))
,
()=> core.stdc.math.sinf(uniform(0.0f,1.0f))

)(1000000);

        writefln("%s\n%s",r[0].usecs,r[1].usecs);
}

With gdc-8, this shows around a 4 times difference in speed between
std.math.sin and core.stdc.math.sinf.
Around 1.5 times difference with dmd via dlang.org web interface

This is because std.math.sin(float) casts the argument to real and then
evaluates it.
Apparently ldc does this better.

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