From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark Barnes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2002-3-22 on raven, modified by Debian Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:33:20 -0700 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030416233319.GA416@pacifier.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050536010 20018 80.91.224.249 (16 Apr 2003 23:33:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 17 01:33:26 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195wP7-0005CA-00 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:33:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 195wPm-0006pf-00 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 195wPO-0006JO-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:33:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 195wPB-0005tk-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:33:31 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp1.pacifier.net ([64.255.237.171]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 195wP3-0005SW-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:33:21 -0400 Original-Received: from thinkpad (dialup-ras6-158.pdx.or.uspops.net [216.239.177.158]) by smtp1.pacifier.net (Postfix) with SMTP id C1E4F70012 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:33:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by thinkpad (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:33:20 -0700 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4821 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4821 If I enter this expression in a buffer (* 85 1.1) and evaluate it it using Ctrl-x-e, I get the following answer displayed in the minibuffer: 93.50000000000001 If I evaluate this expression (- 93.5 (* 85 1.1)) I get this answer in the minibuffer: -1.4210854715202004e-14 Is this documented in the reference manual? I was unable to find anything about this kind of problem. My Emacs was configured using `configure i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: C locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t -- Mark R. Barnes, AICP 800 Exchange Street, suite 410 beautiful, sunny, downtown Astoria, OR 97103 voice: 503/325-4356; fax: 503/325-8447 virus-free: Mutt 1.3.28i on Linux 2.4.18