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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | awk.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gawk.info | 1276 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gawk.texi | 74 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gawktexi.in | 74 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/wordlist | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | eval.c | 96 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | interpret.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mpfr.c | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | node.c | 5 |
13 files changed, 949 insertions, 674 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@ 2020-11-02 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + Make gawk numeric comparisons act like C doubles. + MPFR differs from doubles w.r.t. NaN, not sure why yet. + + * awk.h (scalar_cmp_t): New enum. + * builtin.c (format_nan_inf): Use mpfr_signbit, not mpfr_sgn. + * eval.c (cmp_doubles): New routine. + (cmp_scalars): Change type to bool, rework logic. + * interpret.h (r_interpret): Rework scalar comparisons. + * mpfr.c (mpg_cmp_as_numbers): New routine. + * node.c: Use <math.h>, not "math.h", minor comment edits. + +2020-11-02 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + * re.c (make_regexp): Cast len parameter to int to avoid compiler warnings. @@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. +Changes from 5.1.x to 5.2.0 +--------------------------- + +1. Numeric scalars now compare in the same way as C for the relational +operators. Comparison order for sorting has not changed. This only +makes a difference when comparing Infinity and NaN values with +regular numbers; it should not be noticeable most of the time. + Changes from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 --------------------------- @@ -1574,6 +1574,15 @@ typedef enum { extern field_sep_type current_field_sep(void); extern const char *current_field_sep_str(void); +typedef enum { + SCALAR_EQ, + SCALAR_NEQ, + SCALAR_LT, + SCALAR_LE, + SCALAR_GT, + SCALAR_GE, +} scalar_cmp_t; + /* gawkapi.c: */ extern gawk_api_t api_impl; extern void init_ext_api(void); @@ -4293,11 +4293,11 @@ format_nan_inf(NODE *n, char format) return NULL; else if (is_mpg_float(n)) { if (mpfr_nan_p(n->mpg_numbr)) { - strcpy(buf, mpfr_sgn(n->mpg_numbr) < 0 ? "-nan" : "+nan"); + strcpy(buf, mpfr_signbit(n->mpg_numbr) ? "-nan" : "+nan"); goto fmt; } else if (mpfr_inf_p(n->mpg_numbr)) { - strcpy(buf, mpfr_sgn(n->mpg_numbr) < 0 ? "-inf" : "+inf"); + strcpy(buf, mpfr_signbit(n->mpg_numbr) ? "-inf" : "+inf"); goto fmt; } else diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index f2afd299..13b6cdf3 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2020-11-04 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawktexi.in (Strange values): New section on NaN and infinity. + Update some other bits to point to it. + * wordlist: Updated with more words. + 2020-10-31 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> * texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB. diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info index 03c3a883..244bbd8c 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.info +++ b/doc/gawk.info @@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled * Inexact representation:: Numbers are not exactly represented. * Comparing FP Values:: How to compare floating point values. * Errors accumulate:: Errors get bigger as they go. +* Strange values:: A few words about infinities and NaNs. * Getting Accuracy:: Getting more accuracy takes some work. * Try To Round:: Add digits and round. * Setting precision:: How to set the precision. @@ -6926,8 +6927,8 @@ width. Here is a list of the format-control letters: On systems supporting IEEE 754 floating-point format, values representing negative infinity are formatted as '-inf' or '-infinity', and positive infinity as 'inf' or 'infinity'. The - special "not a number" value formats as '-nan' or 'nan' (*note Math - Definitions::). + special "not a number" value formats as '-nan' or 'nan' (*note + Strange values::). '%F' Like '%f', but the infinity and "not a number" values are spelled @@ -12819,7 +12820,7 @@ brackets ([ ]): 'log(X)' Return the natural logarithm of X, if X is positive; otherwise, - return 'NaN' ("not a number") on IEEE 754 systems. Additionally, + return NaN ("not a number") on IEEE 754 systems. Additionally, 'gawk' prints a warning message when 'x' is negative. 'rand()' @@ -24153,18 +24154,10 @@ material here: another number and infinity produce infinity. "NaN" - "Not a number."(1) A special value that results from attempting a - calculation that has no answer as a real number. In such a case, - programs can either receive a floating-point exception, or get - 'NaN' back as the result. The IEEE 754 standard recommends that - systems return 'NaN'. Some examples: - - 'sqrt(-1)' - This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in - the range of real numbers, so the result is 'NaN'. - - 'log(-8)' - -8 is out of the domain of 'log()', so the result is 'NaN'. + "Not a number." A special value that results from attempting a + calculation that has no answer as a real number. *Note Strange + values::, for more information about infinity and not-a-number + values. "Normalized" How the significand (see later in this list) is usually stored. @@ -24223,11 +24216,6 @@ Table 16.3: Basic IEEE format values NOTE: The precision numbers include the implied leading one that gives them one extra bit of significand. - ---------- Footnotes ---------- - - (1) Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, which we have -paraphrased, and for the examples. - File: gawk.info, Node: MPFR features, Next: FP Math Caution, Prev: Math Definitions, Up: Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic @@ -24320,6 +24308,7 @@ be sure of the number of significant decimal places in the final result. * Inexact representation:: Numbers are not exactly represented. * Comparing FP Values:: How to compare floating point values. * Errors accumulate:: Errors get bigger as they go. +* Strange values:: A few words about infinities and NaNs. File: gawk.info, Node: Inexact representation, Next: Comparing FP Values, Up: Inexactness of computations @@ -24384,7 +24373,7 @@ values with a delta, you should be sure to use 'difference < abs(delta)' in case someone passes in a negative delta value. -File: gawk.info, Node: Errors accumulate, Prev: Comparing FP Values, Up: Inexactness of computations +File: gawk.info, Node: Errors accumulate, Next: Strange values, Prev: Comparing FP Values, Up: Inexactness of computations 16.4.1.3 Errors Accumulate .......................... @@ -24432,6 +24421,58 @@ representations yield an unexpected result: -| 4 +File: gawk.info, Node: Strange values, Prev: Errors accumulate, Up: Inexactness of computations + +16.4.1.4 Floating Point Values They Didn't Talk About In School +............................................................... + +Both IEEE 754 floating-point hardware, and MPFR, support two kinds of +values that you probably didn't learn about in school. The first is +"infinity", a special value, that can be either negative or positive, +and which is either smaller than any other value (negative infinity), or +larger than any other value (positive infinity). When such values are +generated, 'gawk' prints them as either '-inf' or '+inf', respectively. +It accepts those strings as data input and converts them to the proper +floating-point values internally. + + Infinity values of the same sign compare as equal to each other. +Otherwise, operations (addition, subtraction, etc.) involving another +number and infinity produce infinity. + + The second kind of value is "not a number", or NaN for short.(1) +This is a special value that results from attempting a calculation that +has no answer as a real number. In such a case, programs can either +receive a floating-point exception, or get NaN back as the result. The +IEEE 754 standard recommends that systems return NaN. Some examples: + +'sqrt(-1)' + This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in the + range of real numbers, so the result is NaN. + +'log(-8)' + -8 is out of the domain of 'log()', so the result is NaN. + + NaN values are strange. In particular, they cannot be compared with +other floating point values; any such comparison, except for "is not +equal to", returns false. NaN values are so much unequal to other +values that even comparing two identical NaN values with '!=' returns +true! + + NaN values can also be signed, although it depends upon the +implementation as to which sign you get for any operation that returns a +NaN. For example, on some systems, 'sqrt(-1)' returns a negative NaN. On +others, it returns a positive NaN. + + When such values are generated, 'gawk' prints them as either '-nan' +or '+nan', respectively. Here too, 'gawk' accepts those strings as data +input and converts them to the proper floating-point values internally. + + ---------- Footnotes ---------- + + (1) Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, which we have +paraphrased, and for the examples. + + File: gawk.info, Node: Getting Accuracy, Next: Try To Round, Prev: Inexactness of computations, Up: FP Math Caution 16.4.2 Getting the Accuracy You Need @@ -37934,602 +37975,603 @@ Index Tag Table: Node: Top1200 -Node: Foreword344474 -Node: Foreword448916 -Node: Preface50448 -Ref: Preface-Footnote-153307 -Ref: Preface-Footnote-253416 -Ref: Preface-Footnote-353650 -Node: History53792 -Node: Names56144 -Ref: Names-Footnote-157248 -Node: This Manual57395 -Ref: This Manual-Footnote-164034 -Node: Conventions64134 -Node: Manual History66503 -Ref: Manual History-Footnote-169500 -Ref: Manual History-Footnote-269541 -Node: How To Contribute69615 -Node: Acknowledgments70541 -Node: Getting Started75478 -Node: Running gawk77917 -Node: 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+8414,7 @@ FPAT = "([^,]*)|(\"[^\"]+\")" @c Per email from Ed Morton <mortoneccc@comcast.net> @c @c WONTFIX: 10/2020 -@c This is too much work. FPAT and CSV files are very flakey and +@c This is too much work. FPAT and CSV files are very flaky and @c fragile. Doing something like this is merely inviting trouble. As with @code{FS}, the @code{IGNORECASE} variable (@pxref{User-modified}) @@ -10063,7 +10064,7 @@ infinity are formatted as and positive infinity as @samp{inf} or @samp{infinity}. The special ``not a number'' value formats as @samp{-nan} or @samp{nan} -(@pxref{Math Definitions}). +(@pxref{Strange values}). @item @code{%F} Like @samp{%f}, but the infinity and ``not a number'' values are spelled @@ -18298,7 +18299,7 @@ compatibility mode (@pxref{Options}). @cindexawkfunc{log} @cindex logarithm Return the natural logarithm of @var{x}, if @var{x} is positive; -otherwise, return @code{NaN} (``not a number'') on IEEE 754 systems. +otherwise, return NaN (``not a number'') on IEEE 754 systems. Additionally, @command{gawk} prints a warning message when @code{x} is negative. @@ -33586,21 +33587,9 @@ A special value representing infinity. Operations involving another number and infinity produce infinity. @item NaN -``Not a number.''@footnote{Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, -which we have paraphrased, and for the examples.} A special value that -results from attempting a calculation that has no answer as a real number. -In such a case, programs can either receive a floating-point exception, -or get @code{NaN} back as the result. The IEEE 754 standard recommends -that systems return @code{NaN}. Some examples: - -@table @code -@item sqrt(-1) -This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in the -range of real numbers, so the result is @code{NaN}. - -@item log(-8) -@minus{}8 is out of the domain of @code{log()}, so the result is @code{NaN}. -@end table +``Not a number.'' A special value that results from attempting a +calculation that has no answer as a real number. @xref{Strange values}, +for more information about infinity and not-a-number values. @item Normalized How the significand (see later in this list) is usually stored. The @@ -33769,6 +33758,7 @@ decimal places in the final result. * Inexact representation:: Numbers are not exactly represented. * Comparing FP Values:: How to compare floating point values. * Errors accumulate:: Errors get bigger as they go. +* Strange values:: A few words about infinities and NaNs. @end menu @node Inexact representation @@ -33890,6 +33880,54 @@ $ @kbd{gawk 'BEGIN @{} @print{} 4 @end example +@node Strange values +@subsubsection Floating Point Values They Didn't Talk About In School + +Both IEEE 754 floating-point hardware, and MPFR, support two kinds of +values that you probably didn't learn about in school. The first is +@dfn{infinity}, a special value, that can be either negative or positive, +and which is either smaller than any other value (negative infinity), +or larger than any other value (positive infinity). When such values +are generated, @command{gawk} prints them as either @samp{-inf} or +@samp{+inf}, respectively. It accepts those strings as data input and +converts them to the proper floating-point values internally. + +Infinity values of the same sign compare as equal to each other. +Otherwise, operations (addition, subtraction, etc.) involving another +number and infinity produce infinity. + +The second kind of value is ``not a number'', or NaN for +short.@footnote{Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, which we +have paraphrased, and for the examples.} This is a special value that results +from attempting a calculation that has no answer as a real number. +In such a case, programs can either receive a floating-point exception, +or get NaN back as the result. The IEEE 754 standard recommends +that systems return NaN. Some examples: + +@table @code +@item sqrt(-1) +This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in the +range of real numbers, so the result is NaN. + +@item log(-8) +@minus{}8 is out of the domain of @code{log()}, so the result is NaN. +@end table + +NaN values are strange. In particular, they cannot be compared with other +floating point values; any such comparison, except for ``is not equal +to'', returns false. NaN values are so much unequal to other values that +even comparing two identical NaN values with @code{!=} returns true! + +NaN values can also be signed, although it depends upon the implementation +as to which sign you get for any operation that returns a NaN. For +example, on some systems, @code{sqrt(-1)} returns a negative NaN. On +others, it returns a positive NaN. + +When such values are generated, @command{gawk} prints them as either +@samp{-nan} or @samp{+nan}, respectively. Here too, @command{gawk} +accepts those strings as data input and converts them to the proper +floating-point values internally. + @node Getting Accuracy @subsection Getting the Accuracy You Need diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index e733c4ec..eca3bead 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -914,6 +914,7 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. * Inexact representation:: Numbers are not exactly represented. * Comparing FP Values:: How to compare floating point values. * Errors accumulate:: Errors get bigger as they go. +* Strange values:: A few words about infinities and NaNs. * Getting Accuracy:: Getting more accuracy takes some work. * Try To Round:: Add digits and round. * Setting precision:: How to set the precision. @@ -7966,7 +7967,7 @@ FPAT = "([^,]*)|(\"[^\"]+\")" @c Per email from Ed Morton <mortoneccc@comcast.net> @c @c WONTFIX: 10/2020 -@c This is too much work. FPAT and CSV files are very flakey and +@c This is too much work. FPAT and CSV files are very flaky and @c fragile. Doing something like this is merely inviting trouble. As with @code{FS}, the @code{IGNORECASE} variable (@pxref{User-modified}) @@ -9616,7 +9617,7 @@ infinity are formatted as and positive infinity as @samp{inf} or @samp{infinity}. The special ``not a number'' value formats as @samp{-nan} or @samp{nan} -(@pxref{Math Definitions}). +(@pxref{Strange values}). @item @code{%F} Like @samp{%f}, but the infinity and ``not a number'' values are spelled @@ -17523,7 +17524,7 @@ compatibility mode (@pxref{Options}). @cindexawkfunc{log} @cindex logarithm Return the natural logarithm of @var{x}, if @var{x} is positive; -otherwise, return @code{NaN} (``not a number'') on IEEE 754 systems. +otherwise, return NaN (``not a number'') on IEEE 754 systems. Additionally, @command{gawk} prints a warning message when @code{x} is negative. @@ -32552,21 +32553,9 @@ A special value representing infinity. Operations involving another number and infinity produce infinity. @item NaN -``Not a number.''@footnote{Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, -which we have paraphrased, and for the examples.} A special value that -results from attempting a calculation that has no answer as a real number. -In such a case, programs can either receive a floating-point exception, -or get @code{NaN} back as the result. The IEEE 754 standard recommends -that systems return @code{NaN}. Some examples: - -@table @code -@item sqrt(-1) -This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in the -range of real numbers, so the result is @code{NaN}. - -@item log(-8) -@minus{}8 is out of the domain of @code{log()}, so the result is @code{NaN}. -@end table +``Not a number.'' A special value that results from attempting a +calculation that has no answer as a real number. @xref{Strange values}, +for more information about infinity and not-a-number values. @item Normalized How the significand (see later in this list) is usually stored. The @@ -32735,6 +32724,7 @@ decimal places in the final result. * Inexact representation:: Numbers are not exactly represented. * Comparing FP Values:: How to compare floating point values. * Errors accumulate:: Errors get bigger as they go. +* Strange values:: A few words about infinities and NaNs. @end menu @node Inexact representation @@ -32856,6 +32846,54 @@ $ @kbd{gawk 'BEGIN @{} @print{} 4 @end example +@node Strange values +@subsubsection Floating Point Values They Didn't Talk About In School + +Both IEEE 754 floating-point hardware, and MPFR, support two kinds of +values that you probably didn't learn about in school. The first is +@dfn{infinity}, a special value, that can be either negative or positive, +and which is either smaller than any other value (negative infinity), +or larger than any other value (positive infinity). When such values +are generated, @command{gawk} prints them as either @samp{-inf} or +@samp{+inf}, respectively. It accepts those strings as data input and +converts them to the proper floating-point values internally. + +Infinity values of the same sign compare as equal to each other. +Otherwise, operations (addition, subtraction, etc.) involving another +number and infinity produce infinity. + +The second kind of value is ``not a number'', or NaN for +short.@footnote{Thanks to Michael Brennan for this description, which we +have paraphrased, and for the examples.} This is a special value that results +from attempting a calculation that has no answer as a real number. +In such a case, programs can either receive a floating-point exception, +or get NaN back as the result. The IEEE 754 standard recommends +that systems return NaN. Some examples: + +@table @code +@item sqrt(-1) +This makes sense in the range of complex numbers, but not in the +range of real numbers, so the result is NaN. + +@item log(-8) +@minus{}8 is out of the domain of @code{log()}, so the result is NaN. +@end table + +NaN values are strange. In particular, they cannot be compared with other +floating point values; any such comparison, except for ``is not equal +to'', returns false. NaN values are so much unequal to other values that +even comparing two identical NaN values with @code{!=} returns true! + +NaN values can also be signed, although it depends upon the implementation +as to which sign you get for any operation that returns a NaN. For +example, on some systems, @code{sqrt(-1)} returns a negative NaN. On +others, it returns a positive NaN. + +When such values are generated, @command{gawk} prints them as either +@samp{-nan} or @samp{+nan}, respectively. Here too, @command{gawk} +accepts those strings as data input and converts them to the proper +floating-point values internally. + @node Getting Accuracy @subsection Getting the Accuracy You Need diff --git a/doc/wordlist b/doc/wordlist index c93eda53..9ce31188 100644 --- a/doc/wordlist +++ b/doc/wordlist @@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ NR NT NUMCUR NaN +NaNs Nachum Neacsu Neacsu's @@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ VT Versioning Vinschen WIPO +WONTFIX Walamazoo Wallin Watchpoint @@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ */ #include "awk.h" +#include <math.h> -extern double pow(double x, double y); -extern double modf(double x, double *yp); -extern double fmod(double x, double y); NODE **fcall_list = NULL; long fcall_count = 0; int currule = 0; @@ -1520,18 +1518,17 @@ eval_condition(NODE *t) return boolval(t); } -typedef enum { - SCALAR_EQ_NEQ, - SCALAR_RELATIONAL -} scalar_cmp_t; +static bool cmp_doubles(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2, scalar_cmp_t comparison_type); +extern bool mpg_cmp_as_numbers(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2, scalar_cmp_t comparison_type); /* cmp_scalars -- compare two nodes on the stack */ -static inline int +static bool cmp_scalars(scalar_cmp_t comparison_type) { NODE *t1, *t2; int di; + bool ret; t2 = POP_SCALAR(); t1 = TOP(); @@ -1539,12 +1536,91 @@ cmp_scalars(scalar_cmp_t comparison_type) DEREF(t2); fatal(_("attempt to use array `%s' in a scalar context"), array_vname(t1)); } - di = cmp_nodes(t1, t2, comparison_type == SCALAR_EQ_NEQ); + + if ((t1->flags & STRING) != 0 || (t2->flags & STRING) != 0) { + bool use_strcmp = (comparison_type == SCALAR_EQ || comparison_type == SCALAR_NEQ); + di = cmp_nodes(t1, t2, use_strcmp); + + switch (comparison_type) { + case SCALAR_EQ: + ret = (di == 0); + break; + case SCALAR_NEQ: + ret = (di != 0); + break; + case SCALAR_LT: + ret = (di < 0); + break; + case SCALAR_LE: + ret = (di <= 0); + break; + case SCALAR_GT: + ret = (di > 0); + break; + case SCALAR_GE: + ret = (di >= 0); + break; + } + } else { + fixtype(t1); + fixtype(t2); + +#ifdef HAVE_MPFR + if (do_mpfr) + ret = mpg_cmp_as_numbers(t1, t2, comparison_type); + else +#endif + ret = cmp_doubles(t1, t2, comparison_type); + } + DEREF(t1); DEREF(t2); - return di; + return ret; } + +/* cmp_doubles --- compare two doubles */ + +static bool +cmp_doubles(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2, scalar_cmp_t comparison_type) +{ + /* + * This routine provides numeric comparisons that should work + * the same as in C. It should NOT be used for sorting. + */ + + bool t1_nan = isnan(t1->numbr); + bool t2_nan = isnan(t2->numbr); + int ret; + + if ((t1_nan || t2_nan) && comparison_type != SCALAR_NEQ) + return false; + + switch (comparison_type) { + case SCALAR_EQ: + ret = (t1->numbr == t2->numbr); + break; + case SCALAR_NEQ: + ret = (t1->numbr != t2->numbr); + break; + case SCALAR_LT: + ret = (t1->numbr < t2->numbr); + break; + case SCALAR_LE: + ret = (t1->numbr <= t2->numbr); + break; + case SCALAR_GT: + ret = (t1->numbr > t2->numbr); + break; + case SCALAR_GE: + ret = (t1->numbr >= t2->numbr); + break; + } + + return ret; +} + + /* op_assign --- assignment operators excluding = */ static void diff --git a/interpret.h b/interpret.h index fedf5255..40dd39d6 100644 --- a/interpret.h +++ b/interpret.h @@ -486,37 +486,37 @@ uninitialized_scalar: break; case Op_equal: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_EQ_NEQ) == 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_EQ)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; case Op_notequal: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_EQ_NEQ) != 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_NEQ)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; case Op_less: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_RELATIONAL) < 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_LT)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; case Op_greater: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_RELATIONAL) > 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_GT)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; case Op_leq: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_RELATIONAL) <= 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_LE)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; case Op_geq: - r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_RELATIONAL) >= 0]; + r = node_Boolean[cmp_scalars(SCALAR_GE)]; UPREF(r); REPLACE(r); break; @@ -433,6 +433,50 @@ mpg_cmp(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2) return cmp_awknums(t1, t2); } +/* mpg_cmp_as_numbers --- compare two numbers, similar to doubles */ + +bool +mpg_cmp_as_numbers(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2, scalar_cmp_t comparison_type) +{ + /* + * This routine provides numeric comparisons that should work + * the same as in C. It should NOT be used for sorting. + */ + + bool t1_nan = mpfr_nan_p(t1->mpg_numbr); + bool t2_nan = mpfr_nan_p(t2->mpg_numbr); + int ret; + + // MPFR is different than native doubles... + if (t1_nan || t2_nan) + return comparison_type == SCALAR_NEQ; + + int di = mpg_cmp(t1, t2); + + switch (comparison_type) { + case SCALAR_EQ: + ret = (di == 0); + break; + case SCALAR_NEQ: + ret = (di != 0); + break; + case SCALAR_LT: + ret = (di < 0); + break; + case SCALAR_LE: + ret = (di <= 0); + break; + case SCALAR_GT: + ret = (di > 0); + break; + case SCALAR_GE: + ret = (di >= 0); + break; + } + + return ret; +} + /* * mpg_update_var --- update NR or FNR. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ */ #include "awk.h" -#include "math.h" +#include <math.h> #include "floatmagic.h" /* definition of isnan */ static int is_ieee_magic_val(const char *val); @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int cmp_awknums(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2) { /* - * This routine is also used to sort numeric array indices or values. + * This routine is used to sort numeric array indices or values. * For the purposes of sorting, NaN is considered greater than * any other value, and all NaN values are considered equivalent and equal. * This isn't in compliance with IEEE standard, but compliance w.r.t. NaN @@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ cmp_awknums(const NODE *t1, const NODE *t2) return 1; } - /* make_str_node --- make a string node */ NODE * |