c++/5060: Comparisons between double on gcc 2.96

[Richard Henderson]

The following reply was made to PR c++/5060; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
To: rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org
Cc: chailan@sand.cad.cea.fr, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org,
       gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/5060: Comparisons between double on gcc 2.96
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:55:44 -0800

 On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:43:54PM -0000, rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org wrote:
 >           double z = 1.0/i ;
 >           double o_x = x ;
 >           x = x + z ;
 >           printf("i:%g %20.20g %20.20g   ", i, z+ o_x, x);
 >           double q = o_x+z;
 >           //if( ! (x==(double)(o_x+z))) std::cout <<"HELP!";
 
 Seach for "excess precision" on this list.  This is faq.
 
 
 r~