From: Paul Zimmermann <Paul.Zimmermann@inria.fr>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: document the fact that "Known Maximum Errors" might not be maximal
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:02:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p9u04je83ewv.fsf@coriandre.loria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240216094334.GA3653@qaa.vinc17.org> (message from Vincent Lefevre on Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:43:34 +0100)
Hi Vincent,
> Instead of saying that they are "documented elsewhere", shouldn't the
> manual be updated?
this is one solution I proposed in
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-December/153279.html,
and Carlos answered:
> (a) There are known defects where ULPs may reach values that are not useful
> for talking about the library in general.
>
> (b) There is value in being clear about the worst case known ULPs for an
> implementation of a given algorithm.
>
> If a test is marked as XFAIL then it is clearly (a) and listing that worst
> case ULPs in the manual may not be useful.
thus the proposed patch documents the existence of the "XFAIL" entries.
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-16 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-16 8:48 Paul Zimmermann
2024-02-16 9:43 ` Vincent Lefevre
2024-02-16 10:02 ` Paul Zimmermann [this message]
2024-02-16 10:22 ` Vincent Lefevre
2024-02-16 10:54 ` Paul Zimmermann
2024-02-16 12:39 ` Vincent Lefevre
2024-02-16 17:32 ` Joseph Myers
2024-02-16 17:22 ` Joseph Myers
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