Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:08:36 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, imdave@mcs.net Subject: Re: bin/10863: rint(3) returns erratic results Message-ID: <199903300608.QAA19501@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> > rint(3) appears to return inconsistent results for some inputs. For > > example, it rounds both 5.5 and 6.5 to 6. If rint always rounds up, > > it should round these numbers to 6 and 7; if it always rounds down, it > > should round these numbers to 5 and 6; if it always rounds to the > > nearest integer, it should round to 6 and 7. Is there any situation > > where it would be correct to round both 5.5 and 6.5 to 6? The default situation (round to even). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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