[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#532656: octave3.2_3.2.0-1(mips/unstable): FTBFS on mips. Segfault in regression test.

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> [2009-06-15 21:55]:

> * John W. Eaton <jwe at jweaton.org> [2009-06-15 13:25]:
> 
> > On 15-Jun-2009, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > 
> > | Anyway, it is funny to see how long this bug lived in the code and was
> > | just awakened by the crappy mips/mipsel architecture...
> > 
> > Also strange that it didn't show up until now, even on mips.  Maybe a
> > compiler change?
> 
> Probably.
> 
> Anyway, these differences on floating point representation/manipulation
> among the architectures make me kinda nervous.

I am wondering whether we could add a regression test like the following
to data.cc (or wherever):

/*
%!test
%! format short
%! for r = [0, Inf -Inf, NaN]
%!     for i = [0, Inf -Inf, NaN]
%!         complex (r, i)
%!     endfor
%! endfor
*/

Yes, the 'complex (r, i)' would lack the semicolon, just to exercise the
code in pr-output.cc.
 
-- 
Rafael