[squeak-dev] The Inbox: KernelTests-dtl.373.mcz

tim Rowledge tim at rowledge.org
Mon Dec 9 18:21:53 UTC 2019



> On 2019-12-09, at 9:12 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
>> On Dec 7, 2019, at 7:52 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure if this test has any value, but if it is VM issue that
>> may come back, then we may as well have coverage.
>> 
>> Or is it the case that a VM with this issue is just going to completely
>> fail all of the float tests anyway?
> 
> I would think that any VM that incorrectly computes 0.1 = 1.1 is going to fail many many tests.

But it's unlikely to be able to correctly work out how many... So at least senior management will be happy ;-)


tim
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