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authorvlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2019-10-01 13:28:37 +0000
committervlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2019-10-01 13:28:37 +0000
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[acinclude.m4] Updated comment about the tests for subnormal numbers.
git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk@13625 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4
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@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ dnl for the binary32 format, the smallest normal number is 2^(-126)
dnl Note: One could double-check with the value of the macros
dnl DBL_HAS_SUBNORM and FLT_HAS_SUBNORM, when defined (C2x), but
dnl neither tests would be reliable on implementations with partial
-dnl subnormal support.
+dnl subnormal support. Anyway, this check is useful only for the
+dnl tests. Thus in doubt, assume that subnormals are not supported,
+dnl in order to disable the corresponding tests (which could fail).
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for subnormal double-precision numbers],
mpfr_cv_have_denorms, [
AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[