Tom Tromey writes: > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andrew> It looks to me like this is a test of exact java strictfp > Andrew> compliance. gcj fails, because it isn't strictfp compliant. > > On top of that, to guarantee the same results everywhere we would need > to declare both the test case and the code in Classpath `strictfp'.
Yes. > That incurs a performance penalty on some platforms. I'm not sure it > is worthwhile. Do more-exact results matter that much in this code? No. The whole thing is misconceived because it's so unstable: an argument error of one part in 10^12 is causing this problem. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
