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From: steve@cpoint.UUCP (Stephen Steir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: YAMB (Yet Another Manx Bug in 5.0a)
Message-ID: <4606@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 12:17:13 GMT
Reply-To: steve@cpoint.UUCP (Stephen Steir)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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I post this example in hopes that it will save time for other Manx 5.0a users.
Compile the following program with large code and data -mcd.

int foo(a, b, c)
short a, b, c;
{
	printf("a = %d  b = %d  c = %d\n", a, b, c);
}

main()
{
	int (*p2foo)();
	short a, b, c;

	a = 1;
	b = 2;
	c = 3;
	p2foo = foo;
	(*p2foo)(a, b, c);
}

You will notice that a, b and c get pushed on the stack incorrectly as
longs yet foo will still unwrap a, b, and c correctly as shorts.  When run,
foo prints a = 1  b = 0  c = 2.
This bug has been reported and Manx says that it will be fixed in the next
release.

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