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pilif on Feb 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308

They did fix it in 4.5 by having you to pass

    -fexcess-precision=standard

Which apparently defaults to not being standard compliant.

krakensden on Feb 1, 2011 [–]

it depends on how you define 'standard compliant', and fiddling with floating point behavior tends to break programs and make people angry.

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