[Python-Dev] 2.2.1c1 platform reports. (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
22 Mar 2002 14:02:07 +0000

Hye-Shik Chang <perky@fallin.lv> writes:

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:44:52AM +0000, Michael Hudson wrote: > > OS: FreeBSD > > testmath.testexceptions blows up with "sqrt(-1) does not raise > ValueError". It seems FreeBSD's libm doesn't set errno in this case, > and that MacOSX has inherited this behaviour (see below) > > OS: OpenBSD > > testsignal hangs on the sf compile farm. We've had reports of this > before. I can't be bothered to dig into it today. > > OS: NetBSD > > no reports. >

All *BSDs are using msun of Sun as math library. NetBSD and OpenBSD may be same with FreeBSD.

I don't think they are, surprisingly.

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I'll submit PR to both of FreeBSD and NetBSD.

I'm not sure it's a problem. I believe it depends on whether you believe in C89 or C99, for instance.

Cheers, M.

-- I'd certainly be shocked to discover a consensus. ;-) -- Aahz Maruch, comp.lang.python