Re: [ID 20000721.002] bleedperl sfio fails op/sprintf.t

At 19:48 +0100 2000-07-21, Nicholas Clark wrote:
>However, sfio also causes op/sprintf.t to fail tests 129 and 130:
>
>not ok 129 >%.0f< >0.6< >1< >0<
>not ok 130 >%.0f< >-0.6< >-1< >-0<

I'm guilty of that test.  The C standard says, for the f format 
"[t]he value is rounded to the appropriate number of digits." 
Representing 0.6 as zero when no decimal places are requested does 
not look like rounding to me.

>I'm not sure whether this is a bug in sfio or the perl test assuming too
>much.

My (biassed) vote is for a bug in sfio.  Any chance you could see how 
sfio2000 (referenced in another follow-up) fares?
-- 
Dominic Dunlop

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• [ID 20000721.002] bleedperl sfio fails op/sprintf.t by Nicholas Clark
• Re: [ID 20000721.002] bleedperl sfio fails op/sprintf.t by Benjamin Stuhl
• [perl #3561] bleedperl sfio fails op/sprintf.t by Jesse Luehrs via RT
• Re: [ID 20000721.002] bleedperl sfio fails op/sprintf.t by Dominic Dunlop