[Bug c++/8861] [3.3/3.4 regression] [ABI] mangling floating point literal in template arg expression

[zack@codesourcery.com]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8861



------- Additional Comments From zack@codesourcery.com  2003-06-08 19:45 -------
Subject: Re:  PATCH: mangling floating point literal in
 template arg expression

Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 11:13:15AM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
>>> +	  {
>>> +	    sprintf (buffer, "%08lx", target_real[i]);
>>> +	    write_chars (buffer, 8);
>>
>> If leading zeros are to be removed, then __DENORM_MIN__ should
>> be "1", not "00000001".
>
> It says "fixed length", so I was assuming leading zeroes were _not_ to
> be removed.

... and I read right past the bit that explicitly says they are.
Nemmind.  Stay tuned for revised patch.

zw