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From: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 22.1.50; calc-math.el patch: fix non-termination
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:54:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1fy115n3d.fsf@pnsgw3-client154.demo.tuwien.ac.at> (raw)


With the OS I'm currently working on, the result of (expt 10.0 x) is
1.0e+INF for x >= 309, i.e., no range error is triggered. This patch
to calc-math.el prevents non-termination when loading the file.

2007-09-26  Markus Triska  <markus.triska@gmx.at>

	* calc/calc-math.el (math-largest-emacs-expt)
	(math-smallest-emacs-expt): more robust computation

diff --git a/lisp/calc/calc-math.el b/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
index 3e4743d..44ccbcc 100644
--- a/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
@@ -54,28 +54,32 @@
 
 (defvar math-largest-emacs-expt
   (let ((x 1))
-    (while (condition-case nil
-               (expt 10.0 x)
-             (error nil))
+    (while (and (condition-case nil
+		    (expt 10.0 x)
+		  (error nil))
+		(< (expt 10.0 x) (expt 10.0 (* 2 x))))
       (setq x (* 2 x)))
     (setq x (/ x 2))
-    (while (condition-case nil
-               (expt 10.0 x)
-             (error nil))
+    (while (and (condition-case nil
+		    (expt 10.0 x)
+		  (error nil))
+		(< (expt 10.0 x) (expt 10.0 (* 2 x))))
       (setq x (1+ x)))
     (- x 2))
   "The largest exponent which Calc will convert to an Emacs float.")
 
 (defvar math-smallest-emacs-expt
   (let ((x -1))
-    (while (condition-case nil
-               (expt 10.0 x)
-             (error nil))
+    (while (and (condition-case nil
+		    (expt 10.0 x)
+		  (error nil))
+		(> (expt 10.0 x) 0.0))
       (setq x (* 2 x)))
     (setq x (/ x 2))
-    (while (condition-case nil
-               (expt 10.0 x)
-             (error nil))
+    (while (and (condition-case nil
+		    (expt 10.0 x)
+		  (error nil))
+		(> (expt 10.0 x) 0.0))
       (setq x (1- x)))
     (+ x 2))
     "The smallest exponent which Calc will convert to an Emacs float.")

             reply	other threads:[~2007-09-26 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-26 17:54 Markus Triska [this message]
2007-09-27  0:06 ` 22.1.50; calc-math.el patch: fix non-termination Jay Belanger
2007-09-27 18:00   ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-27 18:42   ` Markus Triska

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