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Re: gcc.c-torture/execute/20010114-2.c
- To: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: gcc.c-torture/execute/20010114-2.c
- From: Franz Sirl <Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 02:01:59 +0200
- Cc: amylaar at cambridge dot redhat dot com,gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200104041913.f34JDKK11761@phal.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 21:13, Joern Rennecke wrote:
> I think the gcc.c-torture/execute/20010114-2.c test is invalid, because it
> will fail if you have excess precision in intermediate calculations, or
> if you just have a float implementation with more than the minimal
> precision required.
I'm not sure. On PPC it gets calculated with extra precision as well and it
works as only exactly representable numbberss are used, but I have no problem
restricting the test to some platforms.
Franz.