[Bug c/44741] New: Complex division with NaN produces unexpected result

Andrew Pinski pinskia@gmail.com
Thu Jul 1 05:04:00 GMT 2010


I think the issue is we don't implement imagainy types so 1 + nan I  
turns into nan.

On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:51 PM, "ian at airs dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org 
 > wrote:

> Annex G of the ISO C99 standard says that a complex value with one  
> part being
> infinity is considered an infinity, even if the other part is a  
> NaN.  It's not
> clearly stated, but presumably if neither part of the number is an  
> infinity,
> but one part is a NaN, then the number is a NaN.  And presumably if  
> a complex
> NaN is involved in a math operation, the result should be a complex  
> NaN.
>
> So, I would expect that dividing a complex NaN by a complex 0 would  
> give me a
> complex NaN.  However, when I run this program:
>
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <math.h>
> #include <complex.h>
>
> __complex float
> div (__complex float f1, __complex float f2)
> {
>  return f1 / f2;
> }
>
> int
> main ()
> {
>  __complex float f;
>
>  f = div (NAN + NAN * I, 0);
>  printf ("%g+%g*i\n", creal (f), cimag (f));
>  f = div (1.0 + NAN * I, 0);
>  printf ("%g+%g*i\n", creal (f), cimag (f));
>  f = div (NAN + 1.0 * I, 0);
>  printf ("%g+%g*i\n", creal (f), cimag (f));
> }
>
> with current mainline, it prints
>
> nan+nan*i
> nan+nan*i
> nan+inf*i
>
> That last answer seems incorrect according to the rules of Annex G.   
> It is an
> infinity when it should be a NaN.
>
>
> -- 
>           Summary: Complex division with NaN produces unexpected  
> result
>           Product: gcc
>           Version: 4.6.0
>            Status: UNCONFIRMED
>          Severity: normal
>          Priority: P3
>         Component: c
>        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
>        ReportedBy: ian at airs dot com
>
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44741
>



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