Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!pinet!marc From: marc@pinet.aip.org (Marc Wiener) Subject: Re: Turbo C 2.0 not linking printf f.p. formats Message-ID: <1991May7.132018.21333@pinet.aip.org> Organization: American Institute of Physics References: <11067@hub.ucsb.edu> <7401@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 7 May 91 13:20:18 GMT In article <7401@mace.cc.purdue.edu> afc@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Greg Flint) writes: >This problem also exists with Turbo C++ version 1.01. > >Borland knows about this error and has the following work-around: > > 1) add the line "#include " to your list of include files. > 2) call some math function to a dummy float variable, e.g., use > float dummy; > dummy = cos (1.0); > >The floating point libraries will now be loaded for use with the [sf]printf >functions. > >I found this out after calling Borland and waiting the usual 20 minutes on >hold -- which brings me to the question: Is there any place that Borland >posts such known bugs and, if available, work-arounds? If so, where? >And would someone reading the list be willing to post updates to it to the >net? Or archive it at an ftp-accessable site? > >....Greg Flint (afc@klaatu.cc.purdue.edu) I found patches on Compuserve several months ago for Turbo C 2.0. They were posted on Borland's bulletin board. I haven't logged on recntly, but assume they're still there. marc -- Marc Wiener | marc@pinet.aip.org American Institute of Physics | marc@aip.bitnet 500 Sunnyside Blvd. | Woodbury, NY 11797 | (516)349-7800