http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60128
--- Comment #52 from dave.anglin at bell dot net --- On 3/26/2014 4:20 PM, dominiq at lps dot ens.fr wrote: > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60128 > > --- Comment #51 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> --- >> This is what the HP-UX Floating-Point Guide says: >> >> If two representable values are equally close to >> the true value, choose the one whose least significant >> bit is 0. > This is round to even on tie, isn't it? I'm not sure. The hex representations for 9900.0 (9.9e+3) and 10000.0 (1.0e+4) are 40c3560000000000 and 40c3880000000000, respectively. It seems both have a zero least significant bit. So, something more is needed to break tie in this case. Dave
