Re: lib/46433: tests/lib/libm/t_exp should not use exp() itself

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/46433; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, isaki%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/46433: tests/lib/libm/t_exp should not use exp() itself
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:27 +0300

 On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:23:05AM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
 > Current tests are not useful with or without correct FP implementation
 > because they could return false positive, and skipping tests doesn't
 > help users (and developers) at all.
 
 Don't be so pessimistic; otherwise you have the burden to point out the
 specific cases where "current tests are not useful".
 
 And once again, the idea has never been to skip tests but to report these
 as expected failures. As a developer, you should benefit from this as you
 see directly whether and when a bug is fixed. Thus, this particular case
 still requires the MD-specific check, which points to this PR upon failure.
 
 - Jukka.