[Bug c/61399] LDBL_MAX is incorrect with IBM long double format / overflow issues near large values

jakub at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Tue Jun 3 07:04:00 GMT 2014


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61399

Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
I think lowering LDBL_MAX_EXP would be far worse than this.
The double-double format is unusable for any real numerics in so many ways that
this is just one small part of that, the variable precision from 106 to
thousands of precision bits depending on exact value is far worse.



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