Farid Zaripov wrote:
From: Martin Sebor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [jira] Created: (STDCXX-862) [Sun C++ 5.9] 0.char test failed due to different binary
representation of "long double ld1 = 0" and "long double ld2 = 0."
Farid Zaripov (JIRA) wrote:
[Sun C++ 5.9] 0.char test failed due to different binary representation of "long double ld1 =
0" and "long double ld2 = 0."
This feels like compiler bug, wouldn't you say?
I don't know. The both long doubles behaves as zero. The only comparing them
with memcmp() gives the wrong result.
I thought there was just one bit pattern for a positive floating
point 0 in IEE 754, namely all bits clear.
Martin
