Subject: Re: lib/32861: frexp returns incorrect value for small floating-point values
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois-Xavier?= Coudert <Francois-Xavier.Coudert@ens.fr>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/20/2006 18:35:02
The following reply was made to PR lib/32861; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois-Xavier?= Coudert <Francois-Xavier.Coudert@ens.fr>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
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Subject: Re: lib/32861: frexp returns incorrect value for small floating-point values
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:36:20 +0100

 > I'll append a possible fix. Can you give it a try? (I don't have an
 > idea why the fdlibm version scales by 2^54 in that situation. It
 > doesn't hurt, but should be unecessary. If you've got some test suite,
 > you might prove me wrong...)
 
 I'm in no position to either compile a libc/libm or do some extensive
 testing. I was just investigating a problem encountered in the gfortran
 testsuite, but I'm not owner of a netbsd system myself, and have no
 experience in such matters (that is, compiling an OS). Sorry.
 
 FX