------- Comment #7 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-07-05 19:08 ------- You should also read http://www.validlab.com/goldberg/paper.pdf .
>Well it certainly gives wrong results. In this case, the number is not directly representable in float. You will be able to get better precision with double but it will still not be directly representable. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36737