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truncl-ieee: Make it work on OSF/1 5.1 with cc. * doc/posix-functions/truncl.texi: Mention the OSF/1 5.1 bug. * m4/truncl.m4 (gl_FUNC_TRUNCL): If gl_FUNC_TRUNCL_IEEE is also used, test whether truncl works according to ISO C 99 with IEC 60559. * m4/truncl-ieee.m4: New file. * modules/truncl-ieee (Files): Add it and m4/minus-zero.m4, m4/signbit.m4. (configure.ac): Invoke gl_FUNC_TRUNCL_IEEE.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:06:28 +0100
parents 12444cea2981
children 847372253549
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@node truncl
@section @code{truncl}
@findex truncl

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/truncl.html}

Gnulib module: truncl or truncl-ieee

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{truncl} or @code{truncl-ieee}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
FreeBSD 5.2.1, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, Cygwin, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
This function is not declared (without @code{-D_GNU_SOURCE}) on some platforms:
glibc 2.8.
@item
This function crashes on some platforms:
OSF/1 4.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{truncl-ieee}:
@itemize
@item
This function returns a positive zero for an argument between -1 and 0
on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize