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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-11-29 02:44:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-11-29 02:44:23 +0000 |
| commit | 1937ada3708389a39348e1b429b4966ae618dd80 (patch) | |
| tree | 067b6c5ea0cb4ef5ed3d9556c977947c28aaeec2 /pod | |
| parent | e2cfc4555cd7accdedfca9e4067aaf7bac7ac3bc (diff) | |
| download | perl-1937ada3708389a39348e1b429b4966ae618dd80.tar.gz | |
Document the known sprintf test failures, exact standard
reference from Dominic Dunlop, NonStop-UX testing from Tom Bates.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7909
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 0597ff653e..8ea61b3101 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -823,6 +823,15 @@ this area.) No known fix. +=head2 sprintf tests 129 and 130 + +The op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 are known to fail in some platforms. +Examples include any platform using sfio, and Tandem's NonStop-UX. +The failing platforms do not comply with the ANSI C Standard, line +19ff on page 134 of ANSI X3.159 1989 to be exact. (They produce +something else than "1" and "-1" when formatting 0.6 and -0.6 using +the printf format "%.0f", most often they produce "0" and "-0".) + =head2 Storable tests fail in some platforms If any Storable tests fail the use of Storable is not advisable. |