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From: mmshah@athena.mit.edu (Milan M Shah)
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Subject: Re: Paramters of type float getting corrupted in Microsoft C 5.1. HELP !!!
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Date: 31 Oct 90 16:42:05 GMT
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WRT float parameters getting corrupted.

I ran into this problem once, and it is a known bug with MSC 5.1. I can't
remember the exact details - I vaguely recall that it had something to do
with either the float parameter being on an odd byte boundary, or being
part of a struct that was more than 16 bytes long, or maybe both.

I do, however, remember the workaround he suggested - pass a pointer to
the float or struct instead. For exact details, call Microsoft.

If this is too vague, I can probably dig up some code that shows where
the problem occured and how it was 'fixed'

Hope this helps.

Milan
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