Re: [boost] [functional/hash] Reason for failure of hash_float_test on Tru64/CXX

From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-18 04:38:07

Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> As can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/9lded there is a failure for a very 
> specific test of the hash function on Tru64/cxx65-042.
> 
> I finally took the time to track this down and it turned out to be due to a 
> bogus return value of std::numeric_limits<long double>::denorm_min().
> 
> The good news is that it's fixed in the latest compiler release. But should 
> the failure be marked as expected for older versions of the compiler, or 
> should a workaround be added to the test itself? Any preferences?

Thanks for looking into this. I think I'd go for the workaround - as the 
library itself isn't failing. Can you let me know the version number 
which works? Or feel free to make the change yourself, if you prefer.

Daniel