Andrew Haley wrote:
> Absolutely, yes. This is all discussed at fantastic length in the
> references mentioned.
>
> In summary: All workarounds for this bug are problematic. Jim Wilson
> nicely summarizes here:http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-08/msg01195.html
>
> One group or posters considers any
On 01/14/2011 02:29 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
>> It's perhaps important to note that gcc is not standards-conforming
>> by default, and if you want it to be you have to use the appropriate
>> options to say which standard you want it to conform to. The
>> defaults are a
Andrew Haley wrote:
> It's perhaps important to note that gcc is not standards-conforming
> by default, and if you want it to be you have to use the appropriate
> options to say which standard you want it to conform to. The
> defaults are a best guess at what people might want.
That's all fine an
On 01/13/2011 07:24 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> PHP recently underwent a bit of a security crisis when many media
> outlets disclosed the presence of a floating point bug. (RH bug here[1])
>
> I feel I should bring attention to a PHP developer response[2] to this
> bug. Warning: There is a bit
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 01:24:08PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> I feel I should bring attention to a PHP developer response[2] to this
> bug. Warning: There is a bit of emotion inside. They feel it is a gcc
> bug in FP handling, which seems (in my limited knowledge) to be
> accurate. The
It's not a bug. It's a choice of behavior that has been well-understood
for a very long time, even if some developers have only recently become
aware of it and are upset about the choices made long ago. When you want a
different choice for your program, use the compiler flag.
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PHP recently underwent a bit of a security crisis when many media
outlets disclosed the presence of a floating point bug. (RH bug here[1])
I feel I should bring attention to a PHP developer response[2] to this
bug. Warning: There is a bit of emotion inside. They feel it is a gcc
bug in FP handl
