Description of problem: Calculator returns wrong results for negative exponents for example e^(-0.1) - 1/e^(0.1) = 1.606938044×10⁶⁰ instead of 0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.16.2 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.type: e^(-0.1) - 1/e^(0.1) 2.hit calculate Actual results: 1.606938044×10⁶⁰ Expected results: 0 Additional info: none
I'm seeing what might be the same behavior, also 3.16.2 on fully updated F22: 8^(−1÷3) gives 3.061802069×10²⁰⁰ 4^-.5 gives 5.357543036×10³⁰⁰ 100% reproducible, happens regardless of calculator mode, regardless of whether I type the expression in or use the button. This is so bizarre I feel like I must be doing something wrong, and yet I cannot find any way to enter the expression that produces correct results.
FWIW, I asked around on IRC, and someone in #gnome on GIMPnet reports corect behavior on 3.20.1 and someone on #fedora on freenode reports the same behavior I'm seeing on 3.18.1 on F23.
Aha, this is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756960 which is fixed upstream by 5722513a0bb1903f5602a55dcfbb1ac7013003aa A backport would not be trivial from what I can see, but this is not my area of expertise. :(
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It's fixed in F24, FWIW