"Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Falk Hueffner wrote:
>> this seems to be the well-known exces precision problem of the >> i386, so closing. > > I (mildly) protest the closing of this bug. The bug is not in fact > "fixed" -- just "well-known". Even though it is due to a CPU issue > rather than a compiler problem, unoptimized code returns different > results than optimized code, which really _is_ a compiler bug. Unoptimized code returning different results than optimized code is not a bug per se. This is (or could be regarded) as a bug because it violates the IEEE standard. > #290438 also appears to be the only such bug in the BTS filed > against any version of g77. I suggest re-opening it, maybe > downgrading to "minor" and tagging "fixed in 3.4/4.0" (if this is in > fact the case) and/or "sarge", so people can find it in the BTS. It's not fixed, and never will be. So we can reopen it and tag it as "wontfix", but honestly, I don't think it will ever keep somebody from filing a new bug report on this. I'll let others decide. -- Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]