[tor-bugs] #8460 [Tor]: Detect broken FP toolchains at runtime

Wed Mar 13 01:18:23 UTC 2013

#8460: Detect broken FP toolchains at runtime
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 Reporter:  nickm        |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor          |        Version:                  
 Keywords:  tor-relay    |         Parent:                  
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                  
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 When we have a broken floating-point implementation, stuff can get weird
 and people can see weird bugs.  See #1194, #6767, #6697 .

 I think we could save ourselves some headaches and brain cells if it's
 possible to write a simple spot-check for the bad behavior described in
 #1194. I'm not sure how hard that would be though.

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