[issue27444] Python doesn't build due to test_float.py broken on non-IEEE machines

[Greg Stark]

Greg Stark added the comment:

Well I was able to minimize the actual cause:

$ /usr/pkg/bin/python -c 1e300*1e300
[1]   Floating point exception /usr/pkg/bin/python -c 1e300*1e300

I noticed that the constant folding arithmetic is protected by "PyFPE_START_PROTECT" macros so I wonder... should I be configuring with --with-fpectl? (Or should it be on unconditionally if it's required to function properly on a given architecture?)

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