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From: gwyn@BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn, VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: bug in ldexp()
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Date: 4 Jan 90 23:22:24 GMT
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SGI 4D IRIX 3.2 C library function ldexp() returns a small positive
number for arguments (0.0,0) instead of exactly zero.  This is supposed
to be fixed in a future release, but if it matters to you you might
consider coding a temporary work-around for this particular case.