Re: Bug in srfi-48?

Here's another:

> (load "srfi-48.scm")
"/home/dca/Software/newcash/gLibraries/srfi-48/srfi-48.scm"
> (format "~8,0F" -14.99995999999362)
"    -13."
> (round -14.99995999999362)
-15.
>

The version of srfi-48.scm I am using has both of yesterday's patches
installed. I saw the symptoms of the above before installing these
patches, so I don't think they are the cause of this error.

On 13 October 2017 at 11:58, Donald Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The patches offered thus far seem to have addressed the problems I
> previously reported. But here's another:
>
> 1> (format "~7,2F" 18.0000000000008)
> "  18.0."
> 1>
>
> And I am seeing symptoms in my application that other numbers are not
> being displayed correctly. I have not chased them down yet, but will
> try to do so and report if I find anything.
>
> I must say that it's disconcerting to be finding all these problems in
> code that was finalized in 2004. I think at the very least, a warning
> should be posted in an appropriate place that issues have been found
> with this srfi, efforts are being made to correct them, and until
> further notice, its use may not produce correct results.
>
> /Don
>
> On 12 October 2017 at 22:09, Donald Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 12 October 2017 at 19:13, Arthur A. Gleckler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Donald Allen <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was talking about this:
>>>
>>>
>>> I apologize.  That should have been obvious to me.  I've been trying to do
>>> too many things at once over the past few days.
>>>
>>> Would you mind trying Shiro Kawai's patch?
>>
>> I applied both yours and Shiro Kawai"s patches:
>>
>> 1>  (format "~a & ~7,2F\\%\\\\\n" "Framingham Mass Muni Purpose Loan"
>> 1.997554209949891)
>> "Framingham Mass Muni Purpose Loan &    2.00\\%\\\\\n"
>> 1>  (format "~a & ~7,2F\\%\\\\\n" "Framingham Mass Muni Purpose Loan"
>> .997554209949891)
>> "Framingham Mass Muni Purpose Loan &    1.00\\%\\\\\n"
>> 1> (format "~7,2F" .997554209949891)
>> "   1.00"
>> 1> (format "~7,2F" .99755420)
>> "   1.00"
>> 1> (format "~7,2F" .99755)
>> "   1.00"
>> 1> (format "~7,2F" .997)
>> "   1.00"
>> 1> (format "~7,2F" .99)
>> "    .99"
>> 1>
>>
>> Looks good. Thanks very much.
>>
>> /Don
>>
>>>
>>> (Thank you, Mr. Kawai.)