: Fernando wrote to debian-bugs: : > Pakckage: perl : > Version: 5.001-5 : (perl5-porters, this is 5.001m without additional packages). : : > Notes: tried a.out only, happens also with 5.001-4, however 5.001-3 is OK : (5.001-3 == 5.001e). : : > Perl seems to be confused making some arithmetic operations (additions). : > Sometimes the result of $a+=$b, when $a is 0 and $b is 2 happens to be : > 2.000004192 or something similar. : : Fernando, I unfortunately have no idea what is causing this. Please : provide a short script which shows this behaviour (reliably if possible). : : Perl5-porters, is this a known bug?
No. Another possibility is that the compiler is using single-precision instead of double-precision floats. I think you get about 7 digits of accuracy in single precision. Larry
