kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/cbrtl.texi

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  Date : 2012-03-14T00:40:18
  

  cbrtl: Bypass broken implementation in OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  
  * m4/cbrtl.m4 (gl_FUNC_CBRTL_WORKS): New macro.
  (gl_FUNC_CBRTL): Invoke it. If the function does not work, set
  REPLACE_CBRTL to 1.
  * doc/posix-functions/cbrtl.texi: Mention the OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC bug.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/cbrtl.texi

• @node cbrtl
  @section @code{cbrtl}
  @findex cbrtl
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/cbrtl.html}
  
  Gnulib module: cbrtl or cbrtl-ieee
  
  Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{cbrtl} or @code{cbrtl-ieee}
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, Solaris 9, Cygwin, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
  @item
  This function is not declared on some platforms:
  IRIX 6.5.
  @item
  This function produces grossly wrong results on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{cbrtl-ieee}:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function returns a positive zero for a minus zero argument
  on some platforms:
  IRIX 6.5.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  

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