X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fposix-headers%2Ffloat.texi;h=09f1388a2d76303751a6321ba024bebe2d739161;hb=adff17f337187985ea8c62b961fde5c9544911aa;hp=c222a2342544b78a6cd37b9b5c420d9c43c8a49c;hpb=6187bd67c9ce5258a01fb1305b4257a67daa4154;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/float.texi b/doc/posix-headers/float.texi index c222a2342..09f1388a2 100644 --- a/doc/posix-headers/float.texi +++ b/doc/posix-headers/float.texi @@ -8,16 +8,25 @@ Gnulib module: float Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item +The conversion from @code{int} to @code{long double} in incorrect on some +platforms: +glibc 2.7 on Linux/SPARC64. +@item The values of @code{LDBL_*} macros are incorrect on some platforms: On OpenBSD 4.0, MirBSD 10, and BeOS, they are the same as the values of the @code{DBL_*} macros, although @samp{long double} is a larger type than @samp{double}. On FreeBSD/x86 6.4, they represent the incorrect 53-bit precision assumptions in the compiler, not the real 64-bit precision at runtime. -On AIX 7.1 with GCC 4.2 and on IRIX 6.5, they don't reflect the -``double double'' representation of @code{long double} correctly. +On Linux/PowerPC with GCC 4.4, on AIX 7.1 with GCC 4.2, and on IRIX 6.5, +they don't reflect the ``double double'' representation of @code{long double} +correctly. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize +@item +The macro @code{FLT_ROUNDS} is a constant expression and does not represent +the current rounding mode on some platforms: +glibc 2.11, HP-UX 11, mingw. @end itemize