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Re: RFA: don't try to compare IEEE NaN's
- To: msnyder at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: RFA: don't try to compare IEEE NaN's
- From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:34:24 +0300
- CC: jimb at cygnus dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010607091954.28343B-100000@is> <3B1FBC02.2865152D@cygnus.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:38:10 -0700
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com>
> >
> > That's because the bit pattern used by the original code was a bit
> > pattern of a NaN in the first place. In other words, we've got
> > exactly what we were asking for. You cannot expect that with a
> > literal FP constant like the one you used.
>
> I was not specifically trying to create a NaN --
> just a recognizeable bit pattern.
Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry if my wording implied something
different.