Re: newlib-4.5.0 yearly snapshot created

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On 2025-01-02 02:48, Paul Zimmermann wrote:
> I see that this bug reported almost 4 years ago is still in newlib-4.5.0:
> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/newlib/2021/018230.html
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <math.h>
> 
> int main()
> {
>    long double x = 0xf.ffffffffffffffep+8188l;
>    long double y = (long double) 0;
>    long double z = hypotl (x, y);
>    printf ("x=%La y=%La z=%La\n", x, y, z);
>    x = 0xf.fffffffffffffffp+8188l;
>    z = hypotl (x, y);
>    printf ("x=%La y=%La z=%La\n", x, y, z);
>    x = 0x1p+8192l;
>    z = hypotl (x, y);
>    printf ("x=%La y=%La z=%La\n", x, y, z);
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> $ ./a.out
> x=0xf.ffffffffffffffep+8188 y=0x0p+0 z=0xf.ffffffffffffffep+8188
> x=0xf.fffffffffffffffp+8188 y=0x0p+0 z=-0xcp+16380
> x=0x8p+8189 y=0x0p+0 z=inf
> 
> Happy New 1^3 + 2^3 + ... + 9^3 !

À la vôtre, bonne année en vingt cents vingt-cinq, grand nez! ;^>

Could you please recommend a BSD/MIT licensed source of better rounded hypotl 
calculations, or advise on defects and recommendations for the current release?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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