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From: Tim Prince <tprince AT computer DOT org>
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To: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Herv=E9=20Le?= Net" <hlenet AT hotmail DOT com>,
   cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: 1.3.12-2 : atof() always returns 0
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 06:02:12 -0700
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On Friday 12 July 2002 01:32, Hervé Le Net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The atof() function, compiled with gcc, always returns 0.
>
> Example :
>
> f = atof("123.456");
> printf("%f\n", f);
>
> Result :
> 0.000000
>
> Regards,
> H. Le Net
>
Do you mean you compiled atof(), or that you compiled some code fragment of 
your own which calls atof(), possibly without employing the correct headers? 
gcc conforms to the C standard, not to the usual practice prior to 13 years 
ago.
-- 
Tim Prince

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