debug/8193: exp10 in mathcalls.h (gcc ver 2.95.3)

[bertlaubsch@yahoo.com]

>Number:         8193
>Category:       debug
>Synopsis:       exp10 in mathcalls.h  (gcc ver 2.95.3)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          wrong-code
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 10 15:36:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     bertlaubsch@yahoo.com
>Release:        gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
>Organization:
>Environment:
running suse 8.0
>Description:
summary: I was trying to use a math call to double exp10(double) and am getting some buggy results.

ok.

so i i browsed throught the mathcalls file and found a function exp10 which I wanted to use. 

in /usr/include/bits/mathcalls.h :

#ifdef __USE_GNU
/* A function missing in all standards: compute exponent to base ten.  */
__MATHCALL (exp10,, (_Mdouble_ __x));
/* Another name occasionally used.  */
__MATHCALL (pow10,, (_Mdouble_ __x));
#endif


the program is completely buggy if i don't write my own exp10 function.

>How-To-Repeat:
compile the sources above. 

repeat this on running the buggy binary:
> ./a.out 
enter lambda in meters in format (num  exp)1 0

> >> nu=1.000000e-03  = 1.000000e-03  angstroms 

enter lambda in meters in format (num  exp)1 1

> >> nu=1.000000e-03  = 1.000000e-03  angstroms 

enter lambda in meters in format (num  exp)1 6

> >> nu=1.000000e-03  = 1.075247e+06  angstroms 

enter lambda in meters in format (num  exp)


---note:

i added one debugging line to the my file
(setting nu to a fixed number should produce a constant output after the >>> below) yet i get very unexpected results; the program output is totally unexpected and spurious:

>Fix:
when i define my own exp10 function the program behaves as expected. the test program is attached. I believe this shows some corruption in the call exp10.
>Release-Note:
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