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| author | Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com> | 2002-05-13 08:32:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> | 2002-05-13 15:42:50 +0000 |
| commit | 11d33b1df00b6fd869e7b610bc72c392abda84ee (patch) | |
| tree | e5eb2d8820a62052f1d6075fc7b5f0b2b8113d3a /README.vos | |
| parent | 27c67b7579605645dadae788a0e048828bbfd1ee (diff) | |
| download | perl-11d33b1df00b6fd869e7b610bc72c392abda84ee.tar.gz | |
Update README.vos and pod/perlport.pod
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diff --git a/README.vos b/README.vos index 624e77e2c1..08c44bbd92 100644 --- a/README.vos +++ b/README.vos @@ -316,6 +316,22 @@ supported epoch is January 1, 1980 to January 17, 2038. See the file pod/perlport.pod for more information about the VOS port of Perl. +=head2 Handling of underflow and overflow + +VOS does not support automatically mapping overflowed +floating-point values to +infinity, nor automatically mapping +underflowed floating-point values to -infinity, unlike many +other platforms. The Perl pack function has been modified to +perform such mapping in software on VOS. Performing other +floating-point computations that underflow or overflow will +probably result in SIGFPE. Don't push your luck. + +=head1 TEST STATUS + +When Perl is built using the native build process on VOS Release +14.5.0 and GNU C++/GNU Tools 2.0.1, all attempted tests either +pass or result in TODO (ignored) failures. + =head1 SUPPORT STATUS I'm offering this port "as is". You can ask me questions, but I @@ -334,6 +350,6 @@ Paul Green (Paul.Green@stratus.com) =head1 LAST UPDATE -May 5, 2002 +May 13, 2002 =cut |