Re: SunOS 4.0 frexp() bug

Article View: comp.bugs.4bsd

Article #218

#218

From: Paul Graham
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 1990 05:48

9 lines
845 bytes

gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
|We recently tried using a Sun-4 for the first time and immediately
|discovered that frexp(0.0,...) goes into an infinite loop.

the current version works as documented on the manual page.

-- 
pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!pjg / pjg@ubvms (Bitnet)
opinions found above are mine unless marked otherwise.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <52856@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu

References: <14671@smoke.brl.mil>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu
From: pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: SunOS 4.0 frexp() bug
Keywords: frexp bug
Message-ID: <52856@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: 22 Dec 90 05:48:55 GMT
References: <14671@smoke.brl.mil>
Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU
Organization: University at Buffalo
Lines: 9
Nntp-Posting-Host: urth.acsu.buffalo.edu

Reply to Parent Message