Re: (elisp)Numbers

[Richard Stallman]

    If you say "gcc -S" and look at the code, don't you see the FSQRT
    instruction being followed by tests on bits in the FPU status word,
    followed by the call to `sqrt' from the library?

i don't see that on the x87 code here.
anyway, it does not signal the exception.
can someone try to debug this?

also, i compile with -O0.  should that really open-code sqrt?