On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 05:22:53PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> pgsql-hackers(at)thewrittenword(dot)com writes:
> 
> > 3. Why is NAN defined in src/include/solaris_i386.h as:
> > #define                            NAN     (*(__const double *) __nan)
> > #endif   /* GCC.  */
> > if the compiler is not GCC? The Solaris C compiler does not like this.
> > I removed it and the compilation succeeded.
> 
> We never cleared out this item. What is the proper way to generate a `NaN'
> on your compiler? Does `0.0/0.0' work?

I tried the following:
#include <ieeefp.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int
main (void) {
  float f = 0.0/0.0;

  if (isnanf (f)) {
    puts ("nan");
  }
}

and the output was "nan".

-- 
albert chin (china(at)thewrittenword(dot)com)

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