Pádraig Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes you could use gmp, but for normal uses of `seq` > you could just use appropriate comparisons? > How about the following patch, and we can also > remove the workaround info from the docs. > > Pádraig. > > --- seq.orig.c 2007-06-08 07:50:24.000000000 +0000 > +++ seq.c 2007-06-08 09:05:23.000000000 +0000 > @@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ > } > } > > + /* perhaps can use nextafterl? */ > + #define PRECISION 1.0E-15 > + last.value += step.value + (step.value>0?-PRECISION:PRECISION);
That won't be enough, since the error adds up, so if you have a small step but a big range you can still overshoot. And if the error of your step value is negative you may print more than expected. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
