X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org E9E7B396B405 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1618863158; bh=q+sty7Dr9sx5DadW1Ann+SpEwkjZzoFqm7c8Rw8cGaI=; h=Date:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=LAwOG74geObIx0K10ULdAna363oXmqb84sJA4pnBF3SDTfzFROHO42n9cv3GZgWpj DMqXm9J8RpzoL3ASieKpad+rHSZBaTGa0KJvx+M3ahTXDngBCEk0QEn+AMc0iODSWJ 0dVJV2O2XtzSEQfmEXJQns2SrALXdqZpqowIUpXI= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 2E1463891C35 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:12:23 +0200 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: should scanf be getting built supporting hexadecimal float Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <189e0004-0cee-0e1d-2c2f-0acd7d8ca2fb AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> <91cf4bdd-9a97-6d6b-73af-01e891c22182 AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:KBDwKIspaIEM4h9E4m3q4PwyYrJ/nwyCmYNzLiE8zmVSczzuWHM i4McwwLyrlP26hP2sVuXpPSUtxvMKEHErctk0Np/7Tfau2l2zqupWgsgQaxHw0p7w+OycvT fKgGRZzIoDYlR/edok+8OkIskgLFOoekdMOE4WclA4TjszRbc/oQqu99hdY3MynbH8LxXMV PBW+WiLDxdYCfHkFG7i2w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:Kia+Rwl8fUQ=:eJt0vWfGO5Da2QkADCUiH9 sIePDH5KHtdcZ9bDruZ+yBGOMXpixqBdhaMd/aqj346t7Oj6wyTDaNlNu9qbq4113163NvIiv lYJ7Kypx14WOtAckRzi71g00+IisBakz24ctxY+1OekTlgSgmrDg9WliBBPIzbKT+9ibPCBii USCvMkfz82PGCVpSevcyq5H+MKGtxWA8nIISYOiCs1upT7fRM289fq6mBQE1PGfCeS02ZBXAc RDvrA3WNMrp88cqo23bblZ9SAQA0HgS57wA73dMFZLYBdv524Yy7ilhXmeyvV+fu8eMkxogyw TDWJj9l+D1ZXmJvTvo4wUNm7hyA24ELvv1kfgS61ccwvpPPnyGPJoZNV0M8ugRoru0ES30oTP gBG2la6reoxsY14GcdSV2NnSFNsgp7erkLbjQJyhD4cvJcoUsT3BGsmFHYLC+kg1Lkw7nRB6K UXkxQNCEmfRo7NWckkCwNGZk859KITQPDPUHbcA2okdxb11l2KVP6xVM8rN2DxE4D+yCKN5ZI bdpZMblwHL9qkU72Oa0HC8= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-100.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: Corinna Vinschen Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" On Apr 19 19:53, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > On Apr 19 09:17, Brian Inglis wrote: > > On 2021-04-19 09:07, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > On 2021-04-18 22:09, Keith Thompson via Cygwin wrote: > > > > The *scanf() functions don't handle hexadecimal floating-point input > > > > (for example "0x1p+0" representing 1.0). > > > > On Cygwin, the output (compiled with gcc or clang) is: > > > > sscanf returned 1, x = 0 (expected 1), FAILED > > > > On Ubuntu, the output is: > > > > sscanf returned 1, x = 1, PASSED > > > > Looking through the newlib sources (git://sourceware.org/git/newlib-cygwin.git), > > > > this might be related to the _WANT_IO_C99_FORMATS macro, but I haven't > > > > looked into > > > > the details. > > > > The test case passes on Cygwin when compiled with i686-w64-mingw32-gcc > > > > or x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc. > > > > > This seems like an oversight as gdtoa-gethex.c was added about 2006 and > > > scanf and strtod support it. > > > See augmented STC with strtod added attached: > > > > > > $ gcc -o hexfloat-scanf-test{,.c} > > > $ ./hexfloat-scanf-test > > > sscanf returned 2, unscanned 'x1p+0', x = 0 (expected 1), FAILED > > > strtod unscanned '', x = 1, PASSED > > > > Should the Cygwin newlib build be enabling hex float support? > > Unfortunately, newlib's scanf code does not support hex floats at all yet. > Scanf collects and validates the input stream snippet which is supposed to > be given to strtod/strtold, and neither x nor p are valid chars in that > piece of code yet. > > I'll look into adding this code, which shouldn't be too complicated, > but I wouldn't be offended by patches either. I pushed a patch which hopefully does the trick https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=9c6c2fb0f697 I also uploaded new developer snapshots to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ Please give it a try. Thanks, Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple