Tweak the floating point output routine preferences.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6751

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index c5d2051..d89c255 100755 (executable)
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Fri Aug 18 03:43:53 EET DST 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Mon Aug 21 20:22:11 EET DST 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
 
 cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -7706,20 +7706,19 @@ case "$sPRIfldbl" in
 esac
 
 : Check how to convert floats to strings.
-if test "X$d_Gconvert" = X; then
-       echo " "
-       echo "Checking for an efficient way to convert floats to strings."
-       echo " " > try.c
-       case "$uselongdouble" in
-       "$define") echo "#define USE_LONG_DOUBLE" >>try.c ;;
-       esac
-       case "$d_longdbl" in
-       "$define") echo "#define HAS_LONG_DOUBLE" >>try.c ;;
-       esac
-       case "$d_PRIgldbl" in
-       "$define") echo "#define HAS_PRIgldbl"    >>try.c ;;
-       esac
-       $cat >>try.c <<EOP
+echo " "
+echo "Checking for an efficient way to convert floats to strings."
+echo " " > try.c
+case "$uselongdouble" in
+"$define") echo "#define USE_LONG_DOUBLE" >>try.c ;;
+esac
+case "$d_longdbl" in
+"$define") echo "#define HAS_LONG_DOUBLE" >>try.c ;;
+esac
+case "$d_PRIgldbl" in
+"$define") echo "#define HAS_PRIgldbl"    >>try.c ;;
+esac
+$cat >>try.c <<EOP
 #ifdef TRY_gconvert
 #define Gconvert(x,n,t,b) gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))
 char *myname = "gconvert";
@@ -7817,46 +7816,50 @@ int main()
        exit(0);
 }
 EOP
-       case "$d_Gconvert" in
-       gconvert*) xxx_list='gconvert gcvt sprintf' ;;
-       gcvt*) xxx_list='gcvt gconvert sprintf' ;;
-       sprintf*) xxx_list='sprintf gconvert gcvt' ;;
-       *) xxx_list='gconvert gcvt sprintf' ;;
-       esac
+case "$d_Gconvert" in
+gconvert*) xxx_list='gconvert gcvt sprintf' ;;
+gcvt*) xxx_list='gcvt gconvert sprintf' ;;
+*) xxx_list='sprintf gconvert gcvt' ;;
+esac
 
-        case "$d_longdbl$uselongdouble$d_qgcvt" in
-        "$define$define$define") xxx_list="`echo $xxx_list|sed 's/gcvt/qgcvt gcvt/'`" ;;
-       esac
+case "$d_longdbl$uselongdouble" in
+"$define$define")
+    xxx_list="`echo $xxx_list|sed s/sprintf//`" 
+    xxx_list="sprintf $xxx_list"
+    case "$d_qgcvt" in
+    "$define") xxx_list="qgcvt $xxx_list" ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+esac
 
-       for xxx_convert in $xxx_list; do
-               echo "Trying $xxx_convert..."
-               $rm -f try try$_o
-               set try -DTRY_$xxx_convert
-               if eval $compile; then
-                       echo "$xxx_convert() found." >&4
-                       if ./try; then
-                               echo "I'll use $xxx_convert to convert floats into a string." >&4
-                               break;
-                       else
-                               echo "...But $xxx_convert didn't work as I expected."
-                       fi
+for xxx_convert in $xxx_list; do
+       echo "Trying $xxx_convert..."
+       $rm -f try try$_o
+       set try -DTRY_$xxx_convert
+       if eval $compile; then
+               echo "$xxx_convert() found." >&4
+               if ./try; then
+                       echo "I'll use $xxx_convert to convert floats into a string." >&4
+                       break;
                else
-                       echo "$xxx_convert NOT found." >&4
+                       echo "...But $xxx_convert didn't work as I expected."
                fi
-       done
-               
-       case "$xxx_convert" in
-       gconvert) d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))' ;;
-       gcvt) d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))' ;;
-       qgcvt) d_Gconvert='qgcvt((x),(n),(b))' ;;
-       *) case "$uselongdouble$d_longdbl$d_PRIgldbl" in
-          "$define$define$define")
-             d_Gconvert="sprintf((b),\"%.*$sPRIgldbl\",(n),(x))" ;;
-          *) d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))' ;;
-          esac
-          ;;  
-       esac
-fi
+       else
+               echo "$xxx_convert NOT found." >&4
+       fi
+done
+       
+case "$xxx_convert" in
+gconvert) d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))' ;;
+gcvt) d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))' ;;
+qgcvt) d_Gconvert='qgcvt((x),(n),(b))' ;;
+*) case "$uselongdouble$d_longdbl$d_PRIgldbl" in
+   "$define$define$define")
+      d_Gconvert="sprintf((b),\"%.*$sPRIgldbl\",(n),(x))" ;;
+   *) d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))' ;;
+   esac
+   ;;  
+esac
 
 : Initialize h_fcntl
 h_fcntl=false