Folks,
Regarding this ticket: http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/370
The problem is not with rounding Inf or NaN. Instead, the problem concerns
converting Inf/NaN to an integer. The C reference states:
"The behavior of the conversion [from floating-point to integer] is undefined
if the floating-point value cannot be represented even approximately in the new
type ..."
I recommend we follow the C standard and leave the conversion undefined. I
don't think we want to get into the business of specifying how to convert Inf
or NaN to an integer.
Thoughts?
~~ Paul
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