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From: scowles@lll-lcc.UUCP (Sid Cowles)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: float cast on sco xenix 2.1.3
Keywords: (float)MAXINT, sco xenix 2.1.3
Message-ID: <2454@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 89 00:54:38 GMT
Reply-To: scowles@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Sid Cowles)
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Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, env sci div, Livermore CA
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in the following program, the cast in the first print statement does
not work correctly.  in sco 2.1.3, int's are default 2 bytes, yet the
float cast is looking at 4 bytes.  please, what did i miss?
(i included the MAXSHORT for comparison since its definition includes 
the short spec; where MAXINT is forced short (ex. 3), the cast works
fine.)
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <values.h>
main()
{
/*1*/ fprintf(stdout,"(float)MAXINT: %f\n",(float)MAXINT);
/*2*/ fprintf(stdout,"(float)MAXSHORT: %f\n",(float)MAXSHORT);
/*3*/ fprintf(stdout,"(float)(short)MAXINT: %f\n",(float)(short)MAXINT);
}
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thanks,
sid
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