[SciPy-dev] Infinite loop in machar.py

[Travis Oliphant]

Ed Schofield wrote:

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>>Hi Pearu,
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>>I'm getting an infinite loop in machar.py when running newcore's long
>>double unit test:
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>>check_singleton (scipy.base.getlimits.test_getlimits.test_longdouble)
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>>on a G4 PPC.
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>Here's a little more detective work:
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>>>>a = scipy.ones(3, 'g')
>>>>a
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>array([ 0.,  0.,  0.], dtype=float128)
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>>>>b = a*10
>>>>b
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>array([ 0.,  0.,  0.], dtype=float128)
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I had to write special printing code for long doubles.  I noticed that 
this did not seem to work on the MAC.   I think the printf is broken for 
long doubles with gcc 4.0.

It would be possible to fix the printing code separately, if math is working

-Travis