On 2012/03/07 01:00, AIDA Shinra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found the e() and l() in the bc(1) math library are not
> precise. Their scaling algorithms are wrong.
> 
> In addition, BSD bc evaluates length(0.000) to 1 instead of 3.
> Such a behaviour will surprise people who expect that
> length(x) >= scale(x). While POSIX is silent, the GNU bc returns 3.
> 
> The attached patches fix them. They also enable the editline in the
> intaractive "bc -d".
> 
> See also:
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/159227
> 
> Regards,
> shinra
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