consider the following code snippet -------- nan.cc ------- #include <iostream> int main() { double x = 0.55555555555555558023; std::cout << x << " "; std::cout << x << " "; std::cout << std::endl; return 0; } -------- nan.cc ------- > g++-4.0-20041226 -v Using built-in specs. Configured with: ../gcc-4.0-20041226/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.0-20041226 --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0-20041226 --with-arch=pentium3 --disable-checking Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.0 20041226 (experimental) > g++-4.0-20041226 nan.cc > ldd a.out libstdc++.so.6 => /opt/gcc-4.0-20041226/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x40017000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x400fc000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /opt/gcc-4.0-20041226/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x4011f000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40129000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) > ./a.out 0.555556 nan well this nan shouldn't be there > g++-4.0-20041226 nan.cc -static > ./a.out 0.555556 0.555556 > g++-4.0-20041212 -v Reading specs from /opt/gcc-4.0-20041212/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.0/specs Configured with: ../gcc-4.0-20041212/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.0-20041212 --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0-20041212 --with-arch=pentium3 --disable-checking Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.0 20041212 (experimental) > g++-4.0-20041212 nan.cc > ldd ./a.out libstdc++.so.6 => /opt/gcc-4.0-20041212/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x40017000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x400fb000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /opt/gcc-4.0-20041212/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x4011e000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40128000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) > ./a.out 0.555556 0.555556 g++-4.0-20041212 doesn't have this problem
-- Summary: wrong code regression or library problem in gcc-4.0- 20041226 Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: regression AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: andre dot maute at gmx dot de CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19174