From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1731 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2011 11:19:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 1721 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Apr 2011 11:19:15 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from localhost (HELO gcc.gnu.org) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:19:02 +0000 From: "john at johnmaddock dot co.uk" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug libstdc++/48760] New: std::complex constructor buggy in the face of NaN's X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: libstdc++ X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: blocker X-Bugzilla-Who: john at johnmaddock dot co.uk X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:19:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2011-04/txt/msg02521.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48760 Summary: std::complex constructor buggy in the face of NaN's Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: blocker Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: john@johnmaddock.co.uk If a std::complex is constructed where one argument is finite and one a NaN then the result is a complex number with both parts NaN, which is in violation of 26.4.4 in the C++2011 std. For example: std::complex c(0, std::numeric::limits::quiet_NaN()); results in both real and imaginary parts of c being a NaN. This causes failures in the Boost.Math regression tests, see also section G.6.1.1 in C99 where such values can have well defined results for complex-trig operations.