From: Alexandre Oliva (oliva@dcc.unicamp.br)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 08:15:07 EST
On Feb 8, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>> Isn't the rule simply that sign(a%b) == sign(a) ?
> I think so. That's why I am suggesting to return -(a%b) should
> the % operator return a result that violates this rule (i.e., for which
> sgn(a%b) != sgn(a).)
Maybe it will have to be (a%b)-b on some platforms. I think I'll have
to handle all cases. :-(
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Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva aoliva@{acm.org}
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil
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