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Article #211Re: SunOS 4.0 frexp() bug
From: Root Boy Jim
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 04:57
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 04:57
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In article <14671@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>One wonders how frexp() could possibly have passed its pre-release
>tests..
Probably because nobody cares. TFM sez:
DESCRIPTION
These functions are provided for compatibility with other
UNIX system implementations. They are not used internally
in libm or libc. Better ways to accomplish similar ends may
be found in ieee_functions(3M) and rint(3M).
But of course, as we all know, all numbers are integers, and they
are the same size as pointers :-)
In fact, my interpreter based editor says that they are only 24 bits long :-)
--
Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
Close the gap of the dark year in between
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rbj From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: SunOS 4.0 frexp() bug Keywords: frexp bug Message-ID: <114465@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 14 Dec 90 04:57:17 GMT References: <14671@smoke.brl.mil> Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA Lines: 20