bde 2008-02-11 05:20:02 UTC FreeBSD src repository
Modified files: lib/msun/src s_exp2f.c Log: Use double precision for z and thus for the entire calculation of exp2(i/TBLSIZE) * p(z) instead of only for the final multiplication and addition. This fixes the code to match the comment that the maximum error is 0.5010 ulps (except on machines that evaluate float expressions in extra precision, e.g., i386's, where the evaluation was already in extra precision). Fix and expand the comment about use of double precision. The relative roundoff error from evaluating p(z) in non-extra precision was about 16 times larger than in exp2() because the interval length is 16 times smaller. Its maximum was at least P1 * (1.0 ulps) * max(|z|) ~= log(2) * 1.0 * 1/32 ~= 0.0217 ulps (1.0 ulps from the addition in (1 + P1*z) with a cancelation error when z ~= -1/32). The actual final maximum was 0.5313 ulps, of which 0.0303 ulps must have come from the additional roundoff error in p(z). I can't explain why the additional roundoff error was almost 3/2 times larger than the rough estimate. Revision Changes Path 1.6 +4 -3 src/lib/msun/src/s_exp2f.c _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"