## Tests for various features of IEC60559 doubles. ## Most of these are optional, so this is a sloppy test. # Goes to denormal (aka subnormal) numbers at -708.4 exp(c(-745:-740, -730, -720, -710:-705)) # goes to subnormal numbers at -308, to zero at ca 5e-324. 10^-(324:307) 2^-(1022:1075) # And because most libm pow() functions special-case integer powers. 10^-(324:307-0.01)/10^0.01 # IEC60559 mandates this, but C99/C11 do not. # Mingw-w64 did not do so in v 2.0.1 x <- 0*(-1) # negative zero sqrt(x) sprintf("%g, rt = %g, .^2 = %g", x, sqrt(x), x^2) identical(x, sqrt(x))