Re: [Mingw-users] [Mingw-w64-public] Math library discrepancies that surprised me.

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On 02/05/11 16:30, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> So, we would like sqrt (x) and pow (x, 0.5) to agree.  We would 
>> like compile-time and run-time evaluations to agree.  We would like
>> cross-compilers and native compilers to agree.
> 
> This is a binary bit pattern issue, not a gdtoa base 10 conversion 
> issue.

Absolutely agree.  Others side tracked the issue into the realms of
representable precision -- a DIFFERENT issue around which confusion
appears to abound.  This confusion is compounded by the gdtoa stopping
anomaly.  Just wanted to clarify that.  Enough said.

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Regards,
Keith.