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Re: c/8733: Modulus operator incorrect
- From: nathan at gcc dot gnu dot org
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org, jsulliva77 at yahoo dot com, nobody at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 27 Nov 2002 17:22:30 -0000
- Subject: Re: c/8733: Modulus operator incorrect
- Reply-to: nathan at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org, jsulliva77 at yahoo dot com, nobody at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-gnats at gcc dot gnu dot org
Synopsis: Modulus operator incorrect
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: nathan
State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 27 09:22:26 2002
State-Changed-Why:
% is remainder, not modulus. It maintains the invariant that
a / b * b + a % b == a
for any a, b (b != 0)
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