From: "Lars O. Hansen" <lars DOT o DOT hansen AT gmx DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: C preprocessor not capable of floating point division ?
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 05:24:14 +0100
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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)

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?


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


thanks -as usual- for any help, Lars