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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:49:09 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        jobaldwi@vt.edu
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bug in rintf()?... 
Message-ID:  <199810211749.KAA00881@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:15:18 EDT." <XFMail.981020231518.jobaldwi@vt.edu> 

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> I've been having a problem with rintf() not rounding properly, and I don't
> understand the code in /usr/src/libm/common_source/floor.c well enough to
> figure out where it is going wrong.  Here is the problem I'm having though:

We actually use the Sun-supplied math library, so you should be looking 
at src/lib/msun/src/s_rintf.c

>  rintf(3.5) returns 4.0
>  rintf(3910.5) returns 3910.0  (should return 3911.0)

Unfortunately, I don't understand what these functions are doing 
either, but it's worth noting that rint() suffers the same fate.
(Tested under 3.0).



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