ldexp with directed rounding
Paul Zimmermann <[email protected]>
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Hi,
it seems that Newlib does not honor the rounding mode for ldexp(0x1p-1074,-1):
for rounding updwards it should return 0x1p-1074 and not 0.
Test program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <fenv.h>
int main()
{
volatile double x = 1.0, y;
while (x * 0.5 != 0)
x = x * 0.5;
fesetround (FE_TONEAREST);
y = ldexp (x, -1);
printf ("FE_TONEAREST: y=%la\n", y);
fesetround (FE_TOWARDZERO);
y = ldexp (x, -1);
printf ("FE_TOWARDZERO: y=%la\n", y);
fesetround (FE_UPWARD);
y = ldexp (x, -1);
printf ("FE_UPWARD: y=%la\n", y);
fesetround (FE_DOWNWARD);
y = ldexp (x, -1);
printf ("FE_DOWNWARD: y=%la\n", y);
}
With newlib-4.3.0.20230120 on x86_64:
zimmerma@salade:~/svn/tbd/20/src/binary64$ gcc -fno-builtin check_ldexp.c /localdisk/zimmerma/${NEWLIB}/libm.a
zimmerma@salade:~/svn/tbd/20/src/binary64$ ./a.out
FE_TONEAREST: y=0x0p+0
FE_TOWARDZERO: y=0x0p+0
FE_UPWARD: y=0x0p+0
FE_DOWNWARD: y=0x0p+0
With GNU libc:
zimmerma@salade:~/svn/tbd/20/src/binary64$ gcc -fno-builtin check_ldexp.c -lm
zimmerma@salade:~/svn/tbd/20/src/binary64$ ./a.out
FE_TONEAREST: y=0x0p+0
FE_TOWARDZERO: y=0x0p+0
FE_UPWARD: y=0x0.0000000000001p-1022
FE_DOWNWARD: y=0x0p+0
This test was suggested by Fred Tydeman.
Paul