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From: ohl@kivax.UUCP (Ohlhausen Abt.013.4)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Bug in rcc (SCO UNIX V.3.2/386)
Keywords: SCO UNIX, rcc
Message-ID: <590@kivax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 08:09:01 GMT
Organization: MANNESMANN KIENZLE W-GERMANY
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I found a bug in rcc (AT&T C-compiler in SCO Unix V.3.2/386) which occurs when
using floating point constants with significant digits after the decimal point:

	float f;
	f = 0.1;
	printf("f = %f\n",f);

Output is: f = 1.000000

The bug is not in printf(), it's the assignment that goes wrong! Is there
already a fixed rcc out there? I can't believe that nobody found this 
terrible error yet. I've read this group for quite a while but didn't see
any mention about this.


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