Re: [RFA] testsuite/gdb.base/pointers.[c,exp]: don't assume >= 8 byte doubles

[Orjan Friberg <orjan.friberg@axis.com>]

Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> Orjan Friberg wrote:
> >
> > (This is a resubmission.)  In pointers.c, a double D is assigned
> > -1.375E-123.  This only fits if a double is (at least) 8 bytes.  For a
> > 4-byte double you get an underflow.  The pattern matching of the
> > decimals when printing the value of D also assumes it's >= 8 bytes.  K&R
> > says an acceptable minimum for FLT_MIN is 1E-37, so I decided to go with
> > that and relaxed the decimal pattern matching to the same level as for
> > floats.
> >
> > Ok to commit?
> >
> 
> Yes, I believe we discussed this long ago and all agreed that it was a sensible change.
> 
> Thanks.
> Fernando
> 

Committed.  Thanks to Michael for reviewing and testing the patch.  

BTW, the cvs commit messages for pointers.c and pointers.exp
accidentally got the 2001-02-26 date (which was when I submitted the
patch).  I updated the date in the ChangeLog entry (and ChangeLog's cvs
commit message) though.  Sorry about that.

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