From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: qsort() bug? Or invalid usage???
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:10:14 +0200
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Eric Rudd wrote:
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> int fltcmp(const void *a, const void *b) { /* Comparison based on */
>    double x, y;                            /* floating-point values */
>    int retval;
> 
>    x = atof((const char *) a);
>    y = atof((const char *) b);
>    retval = 0;
>    if (x > y) retval =  1;
>    if (x < y) retval = -1;
>    return retval;
> }
> 
> I will try it out with the new qsort, to see if the problems have been resolved.

If you still see problems, please report them.

You might also find the -mieee-fp option to GCC of interest in cases like the
above.

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