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Date:      Sun, 25 Jun 1995 03:23:35 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, peter@bonkers.taronga.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it
Subject:   Re: Any experience on tcl7.4/tk4.0 ?
Message-ID:  <199506241723.DAA28701@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> The FreeBSD port of tcl 7.3 has diffs for the fpmask and the rounding
>> mode.  These diffs apparently still apply (FreeBSD certainly hasn't
>> changed).  It also has diffs for configuring strtod().

>The NetBSD bmaked version I ported to FreeBSD doesn't seem to have these. Try
>leaving them out.

The fpmask() call is certainly required.  The only uncertainty is whether
tcl already has it.  NetBSD doesn't need it since all FPU exceptions are
masked by default in NetBSD.

The fpsetround() call is a no-op.  Rounding to nearest is the default for
most systems, including FreeBSD.

Bruce



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