Bug 15480 - remainder raises inexact exception
Summary: remainder raises inexact exception
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: math (show other bugs)
Version: 2.17
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2013-05-16 20:56 UTC by Joseph Myers
Modified: 2014-06-13 17:45 UTC (History)
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Description Joseph Myers 2013-05-16 20:56:01 UTC 
On x86_64, the double version of the remainder function raises the inexact exception in cases such as remainder (3.0, 2.0).  This function's result is always exact; it should not raise the inexact exception.
Comment 1 Joseph Myers 2013-05-17 19:05:04 UTC 
Fixed for 2.18 by:

commit bb38759d6dc78b1818f5d23129a362d6f5aba267
Author: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Date:   Fri May 17 19:04:08 2013 +0000

    Fix remainder exceptions and directed-rounding results (bugs 15480, 15485).