Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8133: multiprecision, failed gcd tests (test_cpp_int.cpp)

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8133: multiprecision, failed gcd tests (test_cpp_int.cpp)
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-21 18:36:18

#8133: multiprecision, failed gcd  tests (test_cpp_int.cpp)
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  Reporter:  Stepan Podoskin <stepik-777@…>        |       Owner:  johnmaddock   
      Type:  Bugs                                  |      Status:  new           
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                      |   Component:  multiprecision
   Version:  Boost 1.53.0                          |    Severity:  Problem       
Resolution:                                        |    Keywords:                
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Comment (by johnmaddock):

 Thanks, reproduced.

 It's a bug in the subtraction routine for subtracting an unsigned int -
 wrongly uses a carry when subtracting ~static_cast<unsigned>(0).

 Testing a fix now.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8133#comment:3>
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