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From:	poulard AT laas DOT fr (Herve Poulard)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Bug in float.h (V1) ?????
Date:	17 Aug 1995 08:46:10 GMT
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Hello,
I think I have perhaps found a bug.
I was trying to port a unix based program
on PC with djgpp and I didn't work
because of a bad declaration of DBL_MAX
in float.h.
We have
float.h:#define DBL_MAX         1.7976931348623167e+308
the internal representation is  000000000000f07f
But I think the correct value is 
#define	DBL_MAX		        1.7976931348623157E+308
the internal representation is  ffffffffffffef7f
as on gcc on unix system, like other compiler on PC 
(borlandc)
This little difference .....67 instead of .....57
caused a completly bugged behavior in the program.

 Any comments ??????

Herve POULARD

poulard AT laas DOT fr

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