On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> IEEE 754 includes provisions for overflow notification through NaNs or
> flags, but most implementations seem to support these features poorly.
Err... shouldn't you get infinity if you overflow?:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
double d = 1e12;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
printf("%lf\n", d);
d *= d;
}
return 0;
}
Output:
1000000000000.000000
999999999999999983222784.000000
1000000000000000043845843045076197354634047651840.000000
1000000000000000049861653971908893017010268485438462151574892930611988399099305815384459015356416.000000
1000000000000000040900880208761398001286019738266296957960021713442094663491997727554362004538245197373563261847757813447631532786297905940174312186739777303375354598782943738754654264509857792.000000
inf
inf
inf
...
Yep... unless this is a broken behavior...
-Mark
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