Re: [Numpy-discussion] Unit test error with numpy rc3

[Mark H. <ma...@hy...>]

On Tue, 24, Oct, 2006 at 10:31:30AM -0600, Travis Oliphant spoke thus..
> The basic problem is that the longfloat type is not very=20
> cross-platform.   The functionality depends on your C-compiler /=20
> platform when a long double is specified as the type.   I suspect it=20
> doesn't work well with all compilers.  In particular gcc 3.3 on apple I=
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> know has trouble with the long double type.

Apologies, I'm a complete moron.

If you compile python with gcc-3.3 and the module with 4.0, things
break.  If I recompile numpy with gcc-3.3, you just don't get a
float80,96 or 128 type which as far as I'm concerned is fine; certainly
much better than it breaking.  This is all on Mac OS X 10.4, I haven't
had time to look at what would happen with a python and module compiled
with 4.0.  Sigh, the sooner we move these machines to Debian the better :-)

Cheers,

Mark

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Mark Hymers <mark at hymers dot org dot uk>

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