Bug#417528: Math::BigFloat: wrong result from sqrt

2008-03-26 Thread Niko Tyni
tag 417528 patch found 417528 5.8.8-12 found 417528 5.10.0-6 thanks On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:33:05PM -0400, Alan Curry wrote: > Package: perl-modules > Version: 5.8.4-8sarge5 > Severity: normal > > $ perl -le 'print sqrt(sqrt(2)**3)' > 1.68179283050743 > $ perl -le 'use bignum; print sqrt(sqrt(

Bug#417528: Math::BigFloat: wrong result from sqrt

2007-04-02 Thread Alan Curry
Package: perl-modules Version: 5.8.4-8sarge5 Severity: normal $ perl -le 'print sqrt(sqrt(2)**3)' 1.68179283050743 $ perl -le 'use bignum; print sqrt(sqrt(2)**3)' 9.101797207145410796943657706576305980854 $ perl -le 'use bignum lib => "GMP"; print sqrt(sqrt(2)**3)' 1.681792830507429086062250952466