Re: implicit promotion

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On 05/30/2011 09:30 PM, Ian Collins wrote:
>> These are both huge problems that really shouldn't happen.  It's crazy.
>> You have to do 3 *(1.0f/3.0f) in order to get a mathmatically valid
>> calculation that a standard calculator does.
>
> Why is it crazy?  Integer arithmetic is well defined.  Would you have
> the language magically assume you wanted a floating point result?


somehow i knew that would have been the answer

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implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 01:44 +0000
  Re: implicit promotion red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2011-05-29 20:35 -0700
    Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-30 00:01 -0400
      Re: implicit promotion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-30 16:08 +1200
        Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 01:18 -0500
          Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 11:45 +0000
            Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 05:49 -0700
              Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 08:58 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:01 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:07 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:07 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 12:13 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:27 -1000
            Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 10:17 -0500
              Re: implicit promotion Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-05-30 18:20 +0000
                Re: implicit promotion Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-05-30 14:06 -0500
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:23 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:29 -1000
                Re: implicit promotion Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 01:24 +0000
                Re: implicit promotion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-31 13:30 +1200
                Re: implicit promotion ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-05-31 00:52 -0400
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 17:36 -1000
              Re: implicit promotion Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-30 11:39 -0700
                Re: implicit promotion Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2011-05-30 09:02 -1000

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