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Re: real.c fails floating point tests
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>, "gdr at integrable-solutions dot net" <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>, "steve at moshier dot net" <steve at moshier dot net>
- Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, rth at redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:01:57 -0700
- Subject: Re: real.c fails floating point tests
--On Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:05:59 AM -0400 Robert Dewar
<dewar@gnat.com> wrote:
That is too harsh and unfair to be a basis of a productive technical
discussion.
Well I must say that I am surprised that anyone would install an IEEE
arithmetic simulator without running paranoia, this seems an absolutely
essential first step in testing any such software. I don't see it as
unfair at all to point out that this was a real misstep.
I agree that this is a very important problem.
Here are the things that we should do.
(1) Log the bugs in GNATS, as high-priority defects.
Steve, can you do that?
Please be sure to include the test programs, so that people can
figure out how to reproduce the bugs.
(2) Richard, would you take a look at the bugs, as the architect of the
new code?
I agree that running more tests would be a good idea in the future, but
the first priority should be to fix the defects.
Thanks,
--
Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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