Re: 18/numeric_limits fail on solaris 2.8

[Paolo Carlini <pcarlini at unitus dot it>]

Loren James Rittle wrote:

>OK, I just tried it on the latest gcc 3.1 prerelease I have installed
>for sparc-sun-solaris2.7 (3.1 20020125).
>
>>What do you think about it?
>>
>Sorry, I do not see the behavior that was reported.  The program runs
>to completion without asserting.  When run under gdb, I see this after
>stepping to the end of main():
>
>(gdb) print ldmin
>$2 = 3.3621031431120935062626778173217526e-4932
>(gdb) print ldmax
>$3 = 1.189731495357231765085759326628007e+4932
>(gdb) p min
>$4 = 3.3621031431120935062626778173217526e-4932
>(gdb) p max
>$5 = 1.189731495357231765085759326628007e+4932
>

I see. This is reasonable! Therefore, I suppose that the whole 
18/numeric_limits is not failing on that machine, right?

Very strange... However, for sure Benjamin is not alone in seeing that 
failure: just peruse the testresults list...

Thanks for your feedback, Loren,
Paolo.