From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT c-o-r-n-e-l-l DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: C preprocessor not capable of floating point division ?
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"Lars O. Hansen" <lars DOT o DOT hansen AT gmx DOT de> wrote in
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> so sth. like int a=4/8  (which the preprocessor should evaluate)  does
> not become 0.5 ?   (although it is highly unlikely that the programmer
> did not intend to have just that) 

i would not call that person a programmer.

> or #define sth 8; int a=2/sth;  results in a being 0?
> 
> Is this a problem of the C language or specific to gccs C
> preprocessor? 

no offense, but the problem is in your head. an int is not a floating 
point variable.

how do you propose to store 0.5 in an integer?

> How can I achieve floating point division or similar having the same
> result by the C preprocessor for #define d values ?

you'll have to clarify what you are trying to do.

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