[Python-Dev] test_coercion failing

Tim Peters tim.one@home.com
Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:46:04 -0500


[Guido]
> ...
> If you wait a bit, Tim will check his algorithm to see if
> a "minus zero" can pop out of it.

I'm afraid Jack will have to work harder than that.  He should have gotten a
minus 0 out of this one if and only if he got a minus 0 before, and under 754
rules he *will* get a minus 0 if and only if he told his 754 hardware to use
its "to minus infinity" rounding mode.

Is test_coercion failing on any platform other than Macintosh?