I've written an macro for log2 calculation to calculate the exponent of one value. Than I cast this value to from double to int. The 2 values double and int differs. example: log2(8) should be 3 but after casting to int its 2. This bug could be reproduced on 2 different linux distributions (Debian GNU/Linux and Fedora Core 2) with different compiler versions.
Environment: System: Linux lux 2.6.9 #2 Tue Dec 28 22:27:56 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 host: i486-pc-linux-gnu build: i486-pc-linux-gnu target: i486-pc-linux-gnu configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f77,pascal,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.3 --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=xlib --enable-objc-gc i486-linux How-To-Repeat: use this code to reproduce it --- code --- #include <math.h> #include <stdlib.h> #define log2(val) (log((val))/log(2.0)) int main() { int n1=log2(8); double d1=log2(8); printf("%d %f\n",n1,d1); return 0; } --- end --- ------- Additional Comments From u dot strempel at gmx dot de 2005-09-22 15:44 ------- Fix: For workaround I implemented a function for log2. -- Summary: casting int to double with got wrong result Product: gcc Version: 3.3.5 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: u dot strempel at gmx dot de CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i486-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24014