Re: number->string radix patch

[Marius Vollmer]

Richard Todd <address@hidden> writes:

> I had done the original patch on a G4 machine.  I'm thinking it's a
> precision difference between macs and intel machines.

For me, the difference is between compiling with optimization and
without.

Compiled with gcc 3.3.3 (Debian 20040422) on i386, CFLAGS=-g:

  guile> (number->string 0.25 2)
  "0.01"

Compiled with CFLAGS=-O2:

  guile> (number->string 0.25 2)
  "0.010"

So, what can we do about this?

Reliable floating point reading and writing can be tricky, and we will
eventually need to improve our routines anyway, see

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2002-05/msg00021.html

For now, I'm inclined to mark the tests as unresolved.

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