Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:44:00 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: numerics@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 237800] pow(3) returns inaccurate results Message-ID: <bug-237800-18636-IzODpsZw3U@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-237800-18636@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-237800-18636@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D237800 Steve Kargl <kargl@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kargl@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #12 from Steve Kargl <kargl@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to me from comment #11) > > I've just run into this issue while working on some fp issues in V8. > I'm not skilled enough to improve the algorithm that freebsd uses > here, but if I can help in any other ways let me know. > What do you mean that you ran into this problem? The bugzilla thread indicates that the OP was getting 0.51 ULP error. That is not inaccurate. That is not understanding how floating=20 point math works. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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