On 2004-12-13 17:49:30 +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Maybe your bug report would have been more convincing if the test case > results were appended, and did actually show both the bug, and your > proposed fix performing better than generic rint.
Yes, you're right. I'll add that... > I ran a quick test, and find that your code doesn't work on ix86 > (myrint reproducing the input float there). because x86 has extended precision (and the wrong result is in fact due to a bug in gcc, which is not a conforming ISO C implementation when the processor has extended precision). > A glibc maintainer testing this on his home machine might have given > up fast ... He should see that the code is powerpc-specific. Anyway I didn't get any mail from anyone. > Other than that: no idea. Did you ask on the libc ML? No, I'm not aware of this mailing-list. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
