Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:05:54 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: stein@ife.no (Stein Morten Sandbech) Cc: tim@sarc.city.ac.uk, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Division error in javac / kaffe ? Message-ID: <199604091805.LAA05398@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <9604090728.AA17909@tigern.ife.no> from "Stein Morten Sandbech" at Apr 9, 96 09:28:18 am
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[ ... ] > The output: > > v = 2 > w = 5 > The division: W = v / w; yields : W=2.5 > > v = 345.122 > w = 1203.21 > The division: W = v / w; yields : W=3.48633 > > v = 12345.1 > w = 1203.21 > The division: W = v / w; yields : W=0.0974645 > > v = 12345.1 > w = 1203.21 > The division: W = w / v; yields : W=10.2601 > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this does not seem right :-) The answers are correct for inverted operands. Look at the opstack ordering for division arguments in the source code. You should report this to the Kaffe maintainer instead of this list -- he is more likely to fix it than we are. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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