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Re: [bug-gawk] MPFR rounding issue
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] MPFR rounding issue |
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Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:15:40 -0700 |
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Hi Andy.
Let's push that to gawk-4.2-stable. I'll get it to the other branches.
David - I think you can close the downstream bug.
Thanks,
Arnold
"Andrew J. Schorr" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 12:21:03PM -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> > Andy - sounds like we need to revise the doc to say "rounds away
> > from zero" in all appropriate places.
>
> Agreed. Is there an IEEE name for this "round away from zero" mode?
> I can't seem to find one. I guess that's how somebody got confused
> and labeled it "roundTiesToAway".
>
> Rounding mode IEEE name 'ROUNDMODE'
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Round to nearest, ties to even 'roundTiesToEven' '"N"' or '"n"'
> Round toward positive infinity 'roundTowardPositive' '"U"' or '"u"'
> Round toward negative infinity 'roundTowardNegative' '"D"' or '"d"'
> Round toward zero 'roundTowardZero' '"Z"' or '"z"'
> Round away from zero '"A"' or '"a"'
>
> Possible patch attached.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
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- Re: [bug-gawk] MPFR rounding issue, Andrew J. Schorr, 2017/11/20
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- Re: [bug-gawk] MPFR rounding issue, David Kaspar [Dee'Kej], 2017/11/21
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