----Original Message----
>From: Michael Hines
>Sent: 04 April 2005 19:43
> The following program prints
> i=1 x=0
> instead of
> i=0 x=10
> when using the latest version of cygwin1.dll.
>
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main() {
> int i;
> double x;
> x = 10;
> i = sscanf("n", "%lf", &x);
> printf("i=%d x=%g\n", i, x);
> return 0;
> }
>
>
> -Michael Hines
Heh, the interminable newlib-sscanf-bug strikes again! It's mis-parsing
the n as being the first letter of 'nan', which is a valid input to %f. CV
sent a patch upstream to the newlib maintainers last week but I guess it
hasn't made it into the source yet.
cheers,
DaveK
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