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V 6
robert
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svn:date
V 27
2002-11-14T17:06:01.000000Z
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V 658
Define `Sudden_Underflow' when compiling for the Alpha
architecture, mainly to avoid getting a SIGFPE signal sent
when calling strtod(3) with certain input.

The SIGFPE has been sent because the code was not aware that
a Gradual Underflow is handled in software via traps on the
Alpha architecture, but is not implemented in our Alpha kernel
layer.

With `Sudden_Underflow' defined, strtod(3) should not depend
on Gradual Underflow and adjust its calculations accordingly,
which means that other, more subtle errors than the sending of
SIGFPE could be solved by this.

Discussed with:	bde
PR:		alpha/12623
PR:		alpha/17032
PR:		alpha/43567
MFC after:	7 days

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