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Re: Don't include exceptions in libm-test-ulps test names
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:10:21 +0200
- Subject: Re: Don't include exceptions in libm-test-ulps test names
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1205241150530.8102@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:51:45 Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> As noted in my underflow patch, the names of libm tests that appear in
> libm-test-ulps include a description of the tests for exceptions.
>
> This can cause undue churn in the libm-test-ulps files. In
> particular, if a test is made to permit an exception until a bug about
> that spurious exception is fixed (with a comment referencing the bug
> beside the test in question), then ulps for that test need updating,
> and when the bug is fixed they need updating again, whether or not
> the fix actually changed the value returned by the function.
>
> I think this outweighs any value in actually having these
> descriptions, and propose this patch which removes the exception
> descriptions from the test names (and makes the corresponding
> mechanical updates to libm-test-ulps files). Tested x86 and x86_64.
This is ok,
Andreas
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