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Re: [PATCH] Tweak tests for target with 4-byte doubles
Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> > 2002-05-23 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> >
> > * gdb.base/all-bin.exp: Allow for reduced floating point precision.
> > * gdb.base/call-rt-st.exp: Ditto.
> >
> > Index: all-bin.exp
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/all-bin.exp,v
> > retrieving revision 1.2
> > diff -p -r1.2 all-bin.exp
> > *** all-bin.exp 6 Mar 2001 08:21:50 -0000 1.2
> > --- all-bin.exp 23 May 2002 15:40:03 -0000
> > *************** send_gdb "print v_int+v_double\n"
> > *** 189,198 ****
> > gdb_expect {
> > -re ".*206.56565.*$gdb_prompt $" {
> > pass "print value of v_int+v_double"
> > ! }
> > -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "print value of v_int+v_double" }
> > ! timeout { fail "(timeout) print value of v_int+" } ! }
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > Last time this was raised it was concluded that GDB shouldn't be testing the FPU here. Rather than adding d10v specific hacks, reduce the precision of the value being checked.
>
> Hmm, to expand a little:
>
> > -re ".*206.56565.*$gdb_prompt $" {
>
> to
>
> -re ".*206.56\[0-9\]*
>
> so it isn't assuming a specific underlying floating-point representation.
>
Got it. Will do.