closeTo() for Double gives different results than Double.compare()

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def "test"() {
expect:
//gives true:
assert Double.compare(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) == 0

//fails:
that Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, closeTo(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, 0.1d)
}

What version of Spock and Groovy are you using?
Spock-0.6, Groovy 1.8

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spock.util.matcher.HamcrestMatchers.closeTo() uses minus to calculate delta, 
but Double.compare() compares bits for the same values. So, IMHO the correct 
impl would be something like:
if (compare() == 0) { return true; } return isWithinDelta();

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cum...@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2012 at 12:47

thanneeruvenu / spock

closeTo() for Double gives different results than Double.compare() #262