using "cb" causes problems with floating-point numbers

Tony L. Hansen hansen at pegasus.att.com
Fri Dec 14 06:36:10 AEST 1990


< % cat a.c
< #include <stdio.h>
< main() { float a; a = 10e-3; printf("a = %f\n", a); }
< % cb -s < a.c
< #include <stdio.h>
< main()
< {
< 	float a;
< 
< 	a = 10e - 3;	/* <--- !!! */
< 	printf("a = %f\n", a);
< }

This problem has been fixed in System V release 4.

					Tony Hansen
				att!pegasus!hansen, attmail!tony
				    hansen at pegasus.att.com



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