Re: [perl #54590] "Can't take log of 0" error in perl 5.8.8. 64 bit

On Wed May 21 10:14:46 2008, lourdes.pena@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If I run the following code in  perl  v5.8.8 built for
> x86_64-linux-thread-multi, l get the error "Can't take log of 0 at - line
> 1."
> 
> perl
> print log(2.5e-310)/log(10);
> ^D
> 
> But if I run it in perl v5.8.7 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi,
I get
> the answer -309.602059991328.

If I use strtod (on Mac OS X), I get the correct result, regardless of
perl version:

#!perl -l
use POSIX 'strtod';
print log(strtod '2.5e-310')/log(10);

It prints:
-309.602059991328

So, I expect this is related to bug 41202.

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