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Paul Eggert bd38edc817 printf, isinf, etc.: noncanonical != NaN
Do not require that isinf, printf, etc. treat noncanonical
values as NaNs.  Instead, require only that they do not crash.
Problem reported by Joseph Myers in:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00244.html
* doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi (dprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/fprintf.texi (fprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/isfinite.texi (isfinite):
* doc/posix-functions/isinf.texi (isinf):
* doc/posix-functions/isnan.texi (isnan):
* doc/posix-functions/printf.texi (printf):
* doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi (snprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/sprintf.texi (sprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/vdprintf.texi (vdprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/vfprintf.texi (vfprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/vprintf.texi (vprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi (vsnprintf):
* doc/posix-functions/vsprintf.texi (vsprintf):
Document this.
* m4/isfinite.m4 (gl_ISFINITEL_WORKS):
* m4/isinf.m4 (gl_ISINFL_WORKS):
* m4/isnanl.m4 (gl_FUNC_ISNANL_WORKS):
* m4/printf.m4 (gl_PRINTF_INFINITE_LONG_DOUBLE):
* tests/test-isfinite.c (test_isfinitel):
* tests/test-isinf.c (test_isinfl):
* tests/test-isnan.c (test_long_double):
* tests/test-isnanl.h (main):
* tests/test-snprintf-posix.h (test_function):
* tests/test-sprintf-posix.h (test_function):
* tests/test-vasnprintf-posix.c (test_function):
* tests/test-vasprintf-posix.c (test_function):
o	Test only that noncanonical values do not cause crashes, not that
they are treated as NaNs.  In some cases this means a larger
output buffer is needed.
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@node isinf
@section @code{isinf}
@findex isinf
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isinf.html}
Gnulib module: isinf
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This macro is missing on some platforms:
AIX 5.1, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2011-11.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This macro returns an unspecified result when given noncanonical values
such as unnormalized numbers, pseudo-denormals, pseudo-NaNs,
pseudo-Infinities, and pseudo-zeroes.
@end itemize