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

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  Date : 2023-08-20T00:45:05
  

  logbl: Work around endless loop on OpenBSD 7.3/mips64.
  
  * m4/logbl.m4 (gl_FUNC_LOGBL_WORKS): Terminate the test program if it
  takes longer than 5 seconds.
  * doc/posix-functions/logbl.texi: Mention the OpenBSD bug.
  

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• @node logbl
  @section @code{logbl}
  @findex logbl
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/logbl.html}
  
  Gnulib module: logbl
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @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, older IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.7.x, MSVC 9, Android 4.2.
  @item
  This function goes into an endless loop for arguments such as
  @code{1.6810515715560467531313389086608763012990396724232e-4932L}
  on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 7.3/mips64.
  @item
  This function produces wrong results for subnormal numbers on some platforms:
  glibc 2.11/powerpc, glibc 2.7/sparc, glibc 2.7/hppa, Solaris 11.4,
  glibc 2.23/powerpc64le.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  

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