[gnu.gcc.bug] gcc 1.29 vax: doesn't catch floating overflow in constant-folding

raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Raeburn) (10/10/88)

The following program yields "fatal signal 8":

    #define SQR(x) ((x)*(x))

    double x = 1.0e+36;
    double xxx = SQR (1.0e+36);

(Floats on the vax range up to 10**38 or so.)