gnu software bugs - long double

[Mischa Baars]

On 11/02/2013 08:28 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 2 November 2013 18:59, Mischa Baars wrote:
>> On 11/02/2013 07:57 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Mischa Baars <mjbaars1977@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Here's the examples again, now each bug in a separate file. Hope it
>>>> helps...
>>>>
>>>> Just compile with 'make' and run the executable. The source code is
>>>> documented, so any questions you might have will probably be answered by
>>>> reading the comments.
>>> Again I would suggest that you just put the code inline.
>>>
>>> In this case I downloaded your test case and ran it on my system.  The
>>> two numbers printed were identical.
>> Probably identical to each other, but certainly not identical to the input
>> given in the source.
> As Ian said, you make it unnecessarily difficult to review these
> "bugs" - why do I have to download an archive and extract it to see a
> 10 line program?
>
> Please read http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
> to understand this very, very basic property of floating point
> numbers.

I have written a couple of new trigonometric functions for use in the 
library, and actually I need this to function properly.

Regards,
Mischa.