Test suite failures



Viktor,

can you please send me a copy of the error-messages concerning rtestprintf.mac?

I developed it with GCL 2.6.8 about one year ago. These days the test runs without errors. 
Under the actual GCL 2.6.8 I get one error, which I believe is a) out of my reach and b) not 
crucial, so perhaps I will cut it out:

********************** Problem 47 ***************
Input:
printf(false, [~$, ~$, ~$, ~@$], 2, 1.985, 1.995, 2)


Result:
[2.00, 1.99, 2.00, +2.00]

This differed from the expected result:
[2.00, 1.98, 2.00, +2.00]

The old round to even has obviously changed. I believe bankers use round to even. So this 
seems to be a GCL bug.

Volker


Am 18 Nov 2008 um 20:41 hat Viktor T. Toth geschrieben:

> I am getting some test suite failures after a full recompile.
> 
> 
> 1. In the main test suite, I get
> 
> a. tests/rtest14.mac, problems: (231 232 242) under CLISP 2.41
> 
> b. tests/rtest16.mac, problems: (110 118 119) under GCL 2.6.7
> 
> c. tests/rtest4.mac, problem: (86) under CMUCL 19c
> (This may be a known problem due to the old version of CMUCL I am using.)
> 
> 
> 2. The share testsuite also fails:
> 
> a. share/contrib/stringproc/rtestprintf.mac, problems: (7 27 34 35) under
> CLISP 2.41
> 
> b. rtest_pdiff, problem: (error break), and
>    $RTESTPRINTF, problem: (error break)  under GCL 2.6.7
> (Scrolling back, problem 82 in rtest_fourier_elim was correct despite an
> expected failure, while problems 7, 29, and 33 failed in rtestprintf.mac.
> However, rtestprintf caused an error break: $RTESTPRINTF, which is probably
> what interfered with the final statistics.)
> 
> c. $RTEST_ROMBERG, problem: (error break), and
>    share/contrib/stringproc/rtestprintf.mac, problems: (7 34 35) under CMUCL
> 19c
> 
> d. share/contrib/stringproc/rtestprintf.mac, problems: (7 34 35) under SBCL
> 0.9.12.
> 
> 
> I also noticed what appears to be an increase in expected errors. Are these
> really harmless or are real problems being swept under the rug?
> 
> 
> Viktor
> 
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