On 05/12/16 13:29, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote: > does anybody know for which x > huge+x>one > does _not_hold? Where > huge = 1.000e+300, > one = 1.00000000000000000000e+00 > |x| < 2**-27 There is nothing. That branch is always taken; the only purpose is to try to set the inexact flag if x != 0. Andrew.