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From: larryh@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MPW C bug, again!
Message-ID: <3331@tekgvs.TEK.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 88 16:42:58 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
Lines: 37
Keywords: MPW C bug


Just when you thought it was safe to add!  An old bug that was
supposedly fixed in MPW C ver 2.0.2 turns out to have only been
wounded.

The following is the shortest program that I have found that exibits
the problem:


main(argc,argv)
	int argc;
	char *argv[];
{
	double	skuz[10];
	double	foo=4;

	skuz[5]= 2.3;
	skuz[5] += 4*foo;		/* this add fails */

	printf("skuz= %g\r",skuz[5]);
}

The value printed is 2.3, which is the symptom of the old bug.  It is just
a little harder to make it appear now.

I am getting a little tired of this bug.  Does anyone know when MPW 3.0
is due out?  I am really looking forward to a whole new round of bugs.


Larry Hutchinson, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 50-383, Beaverton, OR 97077
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PS
No, I haven't reported the bug to Apple.
(excuse: I don't have a modem and would procrastinate anyway.)