The following program should print "Got a NaN":

> gcc-4.0.2 nan.c && ./a.out 
Got a NaN

...but...

> gcc-4.0.2 -ffast-math nan.c && ./a.out 
Ugh!

I don't think that is proper behaviour even for -ffast-math.

This came up because someone compiled Gnumeric with -ffast-math.  It seems
that this option is thought of as "make my program faster" with no mention
of its meaning-altering effects by lots and lots of people out there.




#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  double d;

  if (sscanf ("NaN", "%lf", &d) != 1)
    d = 0;

  if (isnan (d))
    printf ("Got a NaN\n");
  else
    printf ("Ugh!\n");

  return 0;
}


-- 
           Summary: Problems with -ffast-math and isnan
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.0.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: terra at gnome dot org
 GCC build triplet: 686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: 686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: 686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25975

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