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Title: Legacy float repr is used unnecessarily on some platforms
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 3.1
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: mark.dickinson Nosy List: eric.smith, mark.dickinson
Priority: normal Keywords: easy

Created on 2009-04-17 13:16 by mark.dickinson, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg86073 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-04-17 13:16
The current defines in pyport.h mean that we don't use Gay's code
for short float repr if there's evidence of double rounding.

However, there's one situation where double rounding occurs and we can 
still use Gay's code: namely, when the configure script has worked out how 
to get and set the x87 control word.

The pyport.h code should be fixed so that we use Gay's code in that 
situation.
msg86112 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-04-18 10:18
Fixed in r71698.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:47adminsetgithub: 50031
2009-04-18 10:18:18mark.dickinsonsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg86112

stage: needs patch -> resolved
2009-04-17 13:16:17mark.dickinsoncreate