RE: [boost] Re: Floating Point comparisons

From: Paul A. Bristow (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-11 17:00:46

Are you sure we are not duplicating the IEEE compliance tests,
for example a program called 'paranoia' whose source I could locate.
(I tested MSVC with this and it passed).

(It does not extend to trig etc functions, so the work discussed is still
useful).

Paul

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Cacciola [mailto:fcacciola_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:28 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: RE: [boost] Re: Floating Point comparisons
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rogeeff <rogeeff_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:36 AM
> Subject: [boost] Re: Floating Point comparisons
>
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I have couple question to ask and couple statement to confirm:
> >
> First, we need to set up a context:
>
> The behavior we are going to discuss is specified by the
> standards known as
> IEEE 754 and IEC 559 (they are the same)
> Unfortunately, AFAICT, neither C or C++ standards *requires*
> conformance to
> those standards,
> so the statements below are subject to the implementation.
> It is implied that the following discussion applies to those
> platforms which
> implement
> IEEE754 floating point formats and arithmetic.
>