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bug#9612: sort: avoid a NaN-induced infloop
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#9612: sort: avoid a NaN-induced infloop |
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Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:41:05 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> On 09/27/11 13:07, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Padding bits can change any time.
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> Is there any way to compare the non-padding parts of long doubles?
By ignoring the padding.
> There ought to be *some* way to get the fractional part of a NaN, no?
You need to inspect the bytes of the representation yourself.
Andreas.
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