-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Eric Blake on 3/30/2008 4:03 PM: | And just now, I tested cygwin with -O2, and got: | | ../../m4/tests/test-strtod.c:149: assertion failed | ../../m4/tests/test-strtod.c:221: assertion failed | | which looks like rounding errors in computing 0.1. On further thought, | that particular failure is due to x86 registers having more precision than | memory, such that .1 (register) != .1 (memory). So I've also changed the | test to use .5 instead of .1.
Wow - gnulib's version of strtod really IS inaccurate. The buildbot is still showing failures, since 5 * pow (10.0, -1) != 0.5. Any suggestions on how to make this test pass? Would it be acceptable (for now) to just check that the result is within 1 or 2 ULP of the correct answer? - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfxtmUACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBAUgCfaZJ7hXAmglOQKKDeT+d5Xmp5 i60AoI4YlLSK7gvpmSbgBa0z54G6EpN3 =Ukdx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
