From zefram@fysh.org

0e0.perl
0e0
(-0e0.perl)
-0
sprintf("%f", 0e0)
0.000000
sprintf("%f", -0e0)
0.000000

The Num type is correctly distinguishing between positive and negative
zero, but sprintf %f is not representing the sign bit in its output.
sprintf %f on negative zero should produce output starting with a "-".

-zefram

From @zoffixznet

On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11​:20​:19 -0700, zefram@​fysh.org wrote​:

0e0.perl
0e0
(-0e0.perl)
-0
sprintf("%f", 0e0)
0.000000
sprintf("%f", -0e0)
0.000000

The Num type is correctly distinguishing between positive and negative
zero, but sprintf %f is not representing the sign bit in its output.
sprintf %f on negative zero should produce output starting with a "-".

-zefram

Thanks for the report. This is now fixed \o/

nqp​: Raku/nqp@ddebbfa959
rakudo​: rakudo/rakudo@f1263abc27
tests​: Raku/roast@795fc1f3b3 / rakudo/rakudo@2efeda0597

Cheers,
ZZ

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