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From:
sdd @ google . com
Date:
January 6, 2012 11:49
Subject:
[perl #107686] Rounding error in sprintf.
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-14510-1325877455-1226.107686-75-0@perl.org
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This is a bug report for perl from sdd@google.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.14.2.
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[Please describe your issue here]
Using ActivePerl 5.14.2, and at various other versions going as far back as the 5.8.9 version shipped with Leopard, the following command returns what I believe to be an incorrect result:
bash-3.2$ ./perl -e 'print sprintf("%d\n", "2.47" * 100);'
246
bash-3.2$
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Flags:
category=core
severity=medium
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Site configuration information for perl 5.14.2:
Configured by ActiveState at Fri Oct 7 15:56:08 PDT 2011.
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:
Platform:
osname=darwin, osvers=9.8.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
uname='darwin kitty 9.8.0 darwin kernel version 9.8.0: wed jul 15 16:55:01 pdt 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1release_i386 i386 '
config_args='-ders -Dcc=gcc -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Uinstallusrbinperl -Ulocincpth= -Uloclibpth= -Ud_poll -Ui_poll -Ui_libutil -Aldflags=-Wl,-search_paths_first -Alddlflags=-Wl,-search_paths_first -Accflags=-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -Aldflags=-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -Alddlflags=-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -Accflags=-nostdinc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/include/gcc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/gcc -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/include -F/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -Aldflags=-Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -Alddlflags=-Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -Accflags=-DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -Duselargefiles -Accflags=-DPERL_RELOCATABLE_INCPUSH -Accflags=-fno-merge-constants -Dprefix=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14 -Dprivlib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/lib -Darchlib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/lib -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local/ActiveP
erl-5.14/site -Dsitelib=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib -Dsitearch=/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib -Dsed=/usr/bin/sed -Duseshrplib -Dcf_by=ActiveState -Dcf_email=support@ActiveState.com'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -arch i386 -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_RELOCATABLE_INCPUSH -fno-merge-constants -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector',
optimize='-O3',
cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -arch i386 -nostdinc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/include/gcc -B/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/gcc -isystem/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/include -F/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_RELOCATABLE_INCPUSH -fno-merge-constants -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector'
ccversion='', gccversion='i686-apple-darwin10-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.1.00)', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc -mmacosx-version-min=10.5', ldflags =' -Wl,-search_paths_first -arch i386 -fstack-protector'
libpth=/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc
libc=, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib
gnulibc_version=''
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-search_paths_first -arch i386 -fstack-protector'
Locally applied patches:
ACTIVEPERL_LOCAL_PATCHES_ENTRY
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@INC for perl 5.14.2:
/Users/sdd/Library/ActivePerl-5.14/lib
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/lib
.
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Environment for perl 5.14.2:
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
HOME=/Users/sdd
LANG (unset)
LANGUAGE (unset)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=/Users/sdd/.config-dir/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/bin/g4bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/X11/bin
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
SHELL=/bin/bash
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