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- From: phk@data.fls.dk (P-HK/Poul-Henning Kamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Correct values for float.h, compiling gcc-2.3.3
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.083016.13402@data.fls.dk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 08:30:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.152028.10017@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
- Organization: FLS Data A/S, Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- bsd@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Brian de Alwis) writes:
-
- >What exactly are the correct values for <float.h>?
-
- >This problem has come up while attempting to compile gcc-2.3.3 (are
- >there any patches out there? I couldn't find any, with my limited
- >resources here). It seems that the build proceeds with no problems
- >until enquire.c is compiled with the new xgcc. On line 2307, it
- >craps out with a `floating point constant out of range'. I haven't
- >had too much time to look at any further.
-
- The problem lies with [efsv]printf and very small numbers, like the smallest
- normalised number 2.225073858507201383090232717332404064219e-308
- and the next smaller 2.22507385850720088902458687608585988765e-308 comming
- out the same.
-
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