http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49048
Summary: setprecision rounding fails in some cases
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: P3
Component: libstdc++
AssignedTo: una
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49048
--- Comment #2 from Cecilio 2011-05-18 20:23:23
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printf output is 5798.12. I think this is the expected output. Does this
confirms your guess? (sorry, I don't understand your previous answer. My
knowledge about GCC is just the name "GCC".
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--- Comment #4 from Cecilio 2011-05-19 05:39:43
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Ok Thank you, I will report to glbc. But, to try to learn and understand
something, could you please answer a question for me?:
My understanding is that printf truncates, so
'printf("%.2f"
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--- Comment #6 from Cecilio 2011-05-19 07:12:25
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Thanks for the link. Funny website but a great article at wikipedia. Thanks
indeed. Now I understand the issue, so there is no bug anywere! I always
understood 'rounding' as 'rounding up'.
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--- Comment #8 from Cecilio 2011-05-19 17:01:15
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Thanks again, Paolo and Jackub, for your help and explanations. Believe it or
not, I a have a PhD and had to learn a lot of complex mathematics, but I never
heard about so many types of 'rou
