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From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Float problems
Message-ID: <1991May30.104453.28793@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Date: 30 May 91 10:44:53 GMT
References: <1991May25.213301.13765@cs.mcgill.ca>
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
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In article <1991May25.213301.13765@cs.mcgill.ca>, storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:

> Why does the following:

[abstracted to relevant piece -Mouse]

> float testfloat (void);
[...]
> 	float f;
> 	f = testfloat;

> Give me an ILLEGAL USE OF FLOATING POINT error...?

Misfeature in your compiler.  It should give you a message about
pointer to function not being assignment compatible with float, 'cuz
that's what what you've written is trying to do: set f to a pointer (to
testfloat).

					der Mouse

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