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[Bug libgcj/26483] Wrong parsing of doubles when interpreted



------- Comment #5 from joseph at codesourcery dot com  2006-02-28 21:15 -------
Subject: Re:  Wrong parsing of doubles when interpreted

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, wilson at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:

> The number 5e-324 exceeds the range of the (C language) double type.  So the

It's (just) within the range of denormal values for IEEE double precision.

> Without access to a copy of the Java standard, it isn't clear to me what the
> correct answer is here.

The question is how denormal values should be handled by Java here.


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