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Allow 1 ULP of error in exp, ln, log10 and power GDA tests #152

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@rdingwall rdingwall commented May 23, 2020

In the GDA arithmetic specification, inexact exp, ln, log10 and power operations may be up to 1 ulp (unit in last place) in error: http://speleotrove.com/decimal/daops.html

In the GDA arithmetic specification, inexact exp, ln, log10 and power
operations may be up to 1 ulp (unit in last place) in error.
if isInexact(z) && allow1ULPError[c.Op] && equalWithin1ULP(z, r) {
s = append(s, "passed within 1 ULP")
}
t.Log(strings.Join(s, "\n"), "\n")
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I refactored this string builder from one fmt.Sprintf() into strings.Join() to preserve test output (but have the ability to insert the optional ULP line in the middle)

if !x.IsFinite() || !y.IsFinite() {
return false
}
formX, negX, coeffX, expX := x.Decompose(make([]byte, 2<<3))
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Off hand (I haven’t tested it yet, or had my coffee :-), I’m not sure if this is accurate. [123, -2] and [1234, -3] should compare equal within 1 ULP, but would fail here since their exponents differ.

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Hey @rdingwall, apparently I had added this comment (one year ago!) but never actually clicked “submit” on the review. Sorry for that. I only noticed when I got the email that you’d rebased!

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