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Subject: Re: Strange problems with printf()
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:59:30 -0000
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote in message 
news:01c4f56a$Blat.v2.2.2$ecce5460 AT zahav DOT net DOT il...
>> From: "Samuel Lauber" <sam124 AT operamail DOT com>
>> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 06:54:37 GMT
>>
>> int printf(char *, ...);
>> int main(void)
>> {
>>      printf("%f\n", 1);
>> }
>>
>> Compile it, and it would say `Unnormal'. Is this a bug?
>
> A bug, yes, but in your program, not in the compiler or the library.
> If you compile with the -Wall switch, which prints warnings for
> dubious code, the compiler says:

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I tried it and the program wouldn't run: executable too large. I then 
downloaded the latest file versions and it compiled OK, and output 0.00000, 
which seems logical.

Leon