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gcalctool package

  1. Bug #531141
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 531141

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Oliver Joos (oliver-joos) wrote : Re: Wrong result for 888!

The test case in comment #4 is not wrong but only imprecise - numbers of digits are equal: 495.

But the description of this bug shows a severe problem with the new display routines. If the Output format is "Scientific" or "Engineering" then the display shows "2.573658112×10²²³⁴" or "257.365811241×10²²³²" which is correct. With "Decimal" I confirm it to be wrong. And if I switch to "Binary" a core is dumped!

gcalctool 5.28.x did not have this problem. It switches automatically to Scientific format if there are more than 100 digits - even when in Binary mode: 1.01110111e+1110011111110

Hint for bug hunters: with Decimal format gcalctool clips the result of 888! to 512 chars. ;-)