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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
December 14, 2004 09:04
Subject:
Re: modf chainsaw?
Message ID:
20041214180057.2BC4.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl
On Tue 14 Dec 2004 17:57, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:44:50PM +0100, "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> > On Tue 14 Dec 2004 12:14, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org> wrote:
> > > > >Then the Perl_modfl stuff in numeric.c can be ripped out, and the
> > > > >requirement for modfl for using long doubles can be removed from
> > > > >Configure.
> > > >
> > > > OTOH:
> > >
> > > Yeah, I saw that, but couldn't make heads or tails of when an (IV) cast
> > > would produce a different number than modf. Both should truncate zeroward.
> > > Neither should involve any rounding at all.
> > >
> > > But I had meant to note it and that pp_int used to be another modf
> > > consumer (5.8.0 and earlier).
> >
> > Which rules out the chainsaw, because the same Configure os used for 5.6.x,
> > 5.8.x, and blead
>
> I don't see people beating down doors to work on 5.6.3. And if that should
> change, it's pp_int could be changed to use floor and ceil as post-5.8.0
> perl does, or Configure could be patched to still refuse to build
> uselongdouble without modfl for 5.6.3 only.
/me calls for the 5.6 pumpking: Acme?????
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