Change 27567 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2006/03/22 14:27:21
Subject: [PATCH] Re: [perl #38779] NAN's on Win32
From: Dominic Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:18:33 +0100
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/README.win32#86 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/README.win32#86 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.win32
--- perl/README.win32#85~27503~ 2006-03-15 04:34:10.000000000 -0800
+++ perl/README.win32 2006-03-22 06:27:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -859,6 +859,12 @@
variable in the handler. Using signals under this port should
currently be considered unsupported.
+Numeric comparisons involving "Not a Number" (NaN, an IEEE floating point
+feature) will give incorrect results if you build with Visual C++ Version 6
+or earlier -- see I<Floating-Point Comparison> in
+L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndeepc/html/deep05282002.asp>
+for details. If possible, you should build using a later version of VC++.
+
Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that
you may find to E<lt>F<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>E<gt>, along with the output
produced by C<perl -V>.
@@ -909,6 +915,6 @@
Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
-Last updated: 30 September 2005
+Last updated: 22 March 2006
=cut
End of Patch.
