From:	nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	weird gcc thing
Date:	15 Feb 1997 13:27:14 GMT
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is there any particular reason why :

double wib;

wib= (double) atof(argv[2]);

or

float wib;
int a;

wib= (float) a;

should both give wrong values under djgpp? only these both work fine in
a program i've been porting from unix, yet the atof one will give wildly
wrong answers. eg if i made the argument '8.0' it gets evaluated as 
wib=456246264624525.00 or something ridiculous. removing that casting makes
it work of course (and yes i know the casting is pointless here but it was
in the program i was converting :)

just wondered why this casting should cause a problem.

regards,
nik

-- 
Graham Tootell           
nikki AT gameboutique DOT com  

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