What is really strange is when I print the following lines, I obtain 2048:

current := LibC uniqueInstance fegetround.
LibC uniqueInstance fesetround: 2048.
LibC uniqueInstance fegetround.

and 0 when I remove the first line :
LibC uniqueInstance fesetround: 2048.
LibC uniqueInstance fegetround.



On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:37 AM Serge Stinckwich <
serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:31 AM Steffen Märcker <merk...@web.de> wrote:
>
>> I actually made progress: It works like a charm! Basically, I
>> implemented
>> the same code as you. Testing is straightforward (using the constant
>> values from libc):
>>
>>    current := LibC fegetround.
>>    LibC fesetround: FE_DOWNWARDS.
>>    v1 := 1.0/10.0.
>>    LibC feesetround: FE_UPWARDS.
>>    v2 := 1.0/10.0.
>>    LibC feesetround: current.
>>    v1 < v2. "true"
>>
>> > ​but apparently nothing happens when you do :
>> >   LibC uniqueInstance fesetround: 1024.
>> >   LibC uniqueInstance fegetround.
>> > always return 0.​
>>
>> This is expected, since the fesetround function returns 0 only if the
>> set
>> operation was successful.
>>
>>
> ​I was talking about fgetround function.
> ​ Can you check the value returns by your fegetround function ?​
>
> Constants values are not dependent of the platform ?​
>
> ​Can you commit yr code to Pharo 7.0 or if there is no interest for this
> to PolyMath ?​
> ​Thank you.​
> --
> Serge Stinckwich
> UMI UMMISCO 209 (SU/IRD/UY1)
> "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for
> machines to execute."http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
>


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Serge Stinckwich
UMI UMMISCO 209 (SU/IRD/UY1)
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for
machines to execute."http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

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