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[Bug libgcj/26483] Wrong parsing of doubles when interpreted
- From: "joseph at codesourcery dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 28 Feb 2006 21:15:00 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libgcj/26483] Wrong parsing of doubles when interpreted
- References: <bug-26483-3744@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
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------- 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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