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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: SunOS 4.0 frexp() bug
Keywords: frexp bug
Message-ID: <114465@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 14 Dec 90 04:57:17 GMT
References: <14671@smoke.brl.mil>
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In article <14671@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>One wonders how frexp() could possibly have passed its pre-release
>tests..

Probably because nobody cares. TFM sez:

    DESCRIPTION
	These functions are provided for  compatibility  with  other
	UNIX  system  implementations.  They are not used internally
	in libm or libc.  Better ways to accomplish similar ends may
	be found in ieee_functions(3M) and rint(3M).

But of course, as we all know, all numbers are integers, and they
are the same size as pointers :-)

In fact, my interpreter based editor says that they are only 24 bits long :-)
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	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
	Close the gap of the dark year in between