Re: [perl #28170] [PATCH] marginally better negative zero detection

2004-04-03 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch makes the current non-portable test slightly less non-portable. Thanks, applied. leo

[perl #28170] [PATCH] marginally better negative zero detection

2004-04-02 Thread via RT
36 (the one that tries to handle negative zero). (The two Solaris tinderboxes are still running a very old version of parrot that's irrelevant.) This patch makes the current non-portable test slightly less non-portable. Better, of course, would be to have Configure.pl look for and use signbit()

Re: [perl #19500] [PATCH] fix to disallow negative zero

2002-12-27 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 9:39 PM + 12/27/02, Michael Joyce (via RT) wrote: The core parrot op neg() allows zero to become negative. That shouldn't happen. I've attached a patch to this email that corrects the problem by testing if neg() was passed a value of zero. I've also attached a patch that adds a new test to

[perl #19500] [PATCH] fix to disallow negative zero

2002-12-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Michael Joyce # Please include the string: [perl #19500] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=19500 > Hello. The core parrot op neg() allows zero to become negative. That shouldn't happen

RE: Negative Zero

2002-12-17 Thread Venables, Robin
000 # -1.00 # 1.00 # -2.00 # ' Robin > -Original Message- > From: Michael Joyce [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 17 December 2002 07:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Negative Zero > > I've just subscribed to the mailing lists, and

Negative Zero

2002-12-16 Thread Michael Joyce
I've just subscribed to the mailing lists, and I'm very excited to be a part of this. I started reading the documentation and I've been reading through the tests. It's making a lot of sense, which is a good thing. My question is, has there been a decision for negative zer