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From: ark@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MSC C arithmetic
Message-ID: <7178@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 16:47:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.7178
Posted: Fri Aug 14 16:47:10 1987
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In article <7976@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP writes:
> 
> >	total_bits = repeat_cnt * units * blksiz * 16.0
> 
> [produce unexpected results].
> 
> The second result is not so defensible; the 16.0 should modify the
> entire operation so that it is done in double.

Nope.  This example should be parsed as

	total_bits = (((repeat_cnt * units) * blksiz) * 16.0);

Thus the first two multiplications should be done in integer,
and the resulted converted to double for the third multiplication.