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24.0.50; Number type error in byte compiler

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From: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 8033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8033: Not the byte compiler; problem lies deeper
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:10:56 -0500

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

> Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com> writes:
>
>> Here is a patch which fixes this problem.
>>
>> *** src/print.c	2011-02-14 15:39:19 +0000
>> --- src/print.c	2011-02-14 20:24:00 +0000
>> ***************
>> *** 1063,1068 ****
>> --- 1063,1070 ----
>>         /* Generate the fewest number of digits that represent the
>>   	 floating point value without losing information.  */
>>         dtoastr (buf, FLOAT_TO_STRING_BUFSIZE, 0, 0, data);
>> +       /* Force a decimal point even if integer */
>> +       width = 1;
>>       }
>>     else			/* oink oink */
>>       {

Oh, and I should mention that without this patch, width gets used as an
uninitialized variable after the if clause, which is why it is pretty
random whether we get 1.0 or 1 in the output.

-- 
Michael Welsh Duggan
(md5i <at> md5i.com)

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