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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: bug in Ultrix C compiler?
Keywords: xtank Ultrix cc
Message-ID: <20832@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 19 Nov 89 21:05:04 GMT
References: <1376@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <1376@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> battle@alphard.cs.utk.edu
(David Battle) writes:
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>% cat > foo.c
>int x = (int)(0.45 * 100);
>% cc -c foo.c
>"foo.c", line 1: illegal initialization
>%

Yes, it is a bug.  DEC copied it from BSD, where it was in PCC for
years.  It was fixed in the Tahoe release, or maybe a bit later.  I
expect DEC will pick up the fix in a few more years.
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