Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!charon!guido From: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Think C scanf() bug? Message-ID: <3165@charon.cwi.nl> Date: 18 Mar 91 15:27:02 GMT References: <1991Mar17.230413.1917@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@cwi.nl Lines: 29 noa@leland.Stanford.EDU (Noa More) writes: >1. (The most serious) If I use scanf() with floats, the numbers I >get from the input are completely unrelated to the input [...] This sounds like the bug in scanf in 4.00, which is fixed in 4.02. A free upgrade from 4.00 to 4.02 can be uploaded from SUMEX. >2. Can the console window be resized? Although there is no resize icon, the console window does resize when you grab it in its bottom right corner. >3. I very much miss both i/o redirection (<<,>>) There used to be a main program which you could compile and link with your program (renaming your own main to _main), which prompted for arguments and also understood < and > redirection. It is a little primitive, but may help you get used to the new environment. I suppose it is still provided. > and context sensitive help Sorry, can't help you with that one. The Think people more or less assume you are a seasoned C programmer, or are using some textbook to learn C. --Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam "This is an ex-parrot"