Re: [Tcllib-devel] Status of release work (RE: (proposed) Schedule forTcllib 1.9 (Re: anythoughts on tcllib release?))

[Andreas K. <and...@ac...>]

> The only real bugs I see are for bigfloat, which apparently computes
completely
> different results under 8.5a5 than for 8.4. This is something Sarnold75 has to
> look into.

Stephane has investigated this and found a bug in the Tcl core maths regarding
the handling of large powers. He has reported this to the Tcl core, and we can
follow the investigation/discussion of the problem at the link below. A core
maintainer has already confirmed the problem.

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110894&aid=1561260&group_id=10
894

Many thanks to Stephane.

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