Re: Bugs #7123, Bad results for QuadCurve2D.solveQuadratic

[Brian Gough]

Sascha Brawer writes:
 > any opinions about what to do about Classpath Bug #7123?
 > 
 >   Bad results for QuadCurve2D.solveQuadratic
 >   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=7123
 > 
 > Would it be correct to amend the API documentation, saying that correct
 > results cannot be expected for input coefficients that have no exact
 > representation in IEEE 754?

Ideally gcj should provide a way to avoid the use of extended 80-bit
precision on the x86.

-- 
Brian Gough