Re: [Chicken-janitors] #579: expt does not check errno after calling pow() (was: Numbers egg does not compute the same result as other schemes)

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#579: expt does not check errno after calling pow()
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  Reporter:  ckeen           |       Owner:  felix       
      Type:  defect          |      Status:  assigned    
  Priority:  major           |   Milestone:  4.8.0       
 Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.6.x       
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  numbers eggs
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Changes (by sjamaan):

  * owner:  sjamaan => felix
  * status:  new => assigned
  * component:  unknown => core libraries
  * milestone:  4.7.0 => 4.8.0


Comment:

 So far it appears to be a bug in Chicken core's implementation of expt; it
 doesn't check errno and produces fixnum results when pow() overflows.

 Updating summary and reassigning to Felix.

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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/579#comment:2>
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