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re: double cast to unsigned int gets different results on PPC
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re: double cast to unsigned int gets different results on PPC


  • Subject: re: double cast to unsigned int gets different results on PPC
  • From: George Warner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:01:47 -0700
  • Thread-topic: double cast to unsigned int gets different results on PPC

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:45:22 -0700, David Alter <email@hidden>
wrote:

>
> I have a double that is assigned a negative value. I get different
> results if it is cast to an unsigned int depending on if I'm on PPC or
> Intel. The PPC values look correct.
>
> Here is the code for may test
>
>  double val = -1;
>  printf ( "unsigned long long=%llu \n", (unsigned long long)val );
>  printf ( "unsigned=%u \n\n", (unsigned int)val );
>
> Here is the results on PPC
>  unsigned long long=4294967295
>  unsigned=4294967295
>
>
> Here is the results on Intel
>  unsigned long long=18446744073709551615
>  unsigned=0
>
> Casting into signed numbers works the same on both PPC and Intel.
>
> Any ideas. It sure would be nice it worked the same on both platforms

When I ran your code (on Intel) I got:

unsigned long long=0
unsigned=0

Then I noticed I the "Active Build Configuration" was "Release"; when I
switch this to "Debug" I got the same output as you.

You may want to check this on PowerPC to see if that makes a difference for
you. Also you may want to use the flag that forces Intel to use the SIMD
instructions for all floating point (IIRC: -mfpmath=sse).

--
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)


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