[m-rev.] for review: move string__format tests

[Peter Ross]

fjh wrote:

> On 18-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I have also investigate the -(max+max) and why it comes out as NaN
> > and on my machine it happens in the C code
> > 
> > result = 0.000000000000 - (max+max)
> > 
> > so if it's a bug, then it is a bug in the C compiler.
> 
> That does look like a bug.  On a system which properly supports IEEE
> floating point, max + max should be Inf, and 0.0 - Inf should be -Inf.
> 
It's a cygwin bug, see:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00560.html


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