Re: about 'round' function on mingw

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello
> This is just a forwarded mail that I've post to mingw ML.
> 
> ================================================
> Hello
> 
> I've searched by myself
> 
> octave:6> help bitmax
>  -- Built-in Function:  bitmax ()
>     Return the largest integer that can be represented as a floating
>     point value.  On IEEE-754 compatiable systems, `bitmax' is `2^53 -
>     1'.
> 
> bitmax is a built-in function
> 
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> octave:7> bitmax
> ans =  9.00719925474099e+15
> 
> Is this information OK?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> 
> 
> =======================================
> >  > Please say very precisely what "bitmax" means, so that I can
> >  >  write a minimal standalone testcase for your exact problem
> >  >  without trying to build your package. I'd guess you mean the
> >  >  largest normalized floating-point number, but without seeing
> >  >  its hexadecimal representation, I can't be sure.
> 
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On my linux machine it's

"
printf("%.18e\n", bitmax)
9.007199254740991000e+15
"

- looks more or less the same.

Regards,
  Sergei.

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