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authorAndy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>2007-02-09 06:40:51 -0500
committerH.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>2007-02-10 17:22:04 +0000
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signbit detection (was [perl #39875] -0.0 loses signedness upon numeric comparison)
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@@ -1937,6 +1937,11 @@ d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which
indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available.
+d_signbit (d_signbit.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGNBIT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the signbit() routine is available
+ and safe to use with perl's intern NV type.
+
d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK
if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask