[PATCH 1/2] Fix fcvt to only show 'ndigit' past decimal

Keith Packard keithp@keithp.com
Wed Dec 18 16:49:00 GMT 2019


Even if the number is really small and this means showing *no* digits.
This makes newlib match glibc, and the fcvt posix man page.

Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
---
 newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c
index e3d7b55d8..12e8c9a92 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c
@@ -235,14 +235,7 @@ fcvtbuf (double invalue,
 
   save = fcvt_buf;
 
-  if (invalue < 1.0 && invalue > -1.0)
-    {
-      p = _dtoa_r (reent, invalue, 2, ndigit, decpt, sign, &end);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      p = _dtoa_r (reent, invalue, 3, ndigit, decpt, sign, &end);
-    }
+  p = _dtoa_r (reent, invalue, 3, ndigit, decpt, sign, &end);
 
   /* Now copy */
 
-- 
2.24.0



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