Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Russell Harper Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: Bug in dc Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:28:46 -0400 Lines: 12 Approved: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1531858388 17493 208.118.235.17 (17 Jul 2018 20:13:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: bug-dc@gnu.org, bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org, bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Envelope-to: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=UBFV1Y2S+JtWMhjLJv5Fb4i1lYxxTQai7p7RC18JQmY=; b=DR+DAgp8FHpRsR7g8bGDSHj5PbVANyFNfzSUhqWZKmp58t6OGtM3eOaeewgoU5/qFx hiq7pQ/w2f3mE9zFCuZrAhGTkVWOM0pAsSslt3YEzNg3UHoy5RRRxnts2nCY3k8w+9iH /nyI5+UmH4qtYi3ninxwkaKOzjU/XMN4jBAFsIbMmoJX3bPSQTN6n0fbhEX3p8w3115K 8CYHhR7W3MGkyUVPRkdrxC3nGqW5RX8AaANJSTUABLK/7OPDNsl3fCenhd3wxOPE8lN2 x3d1uZ88MHitk7MGS83rlFaBkoIr3j1kFxYtAjXiSIrBQwaZLbjY1MJH/Eu0W00LVmsG hTIQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=UBFV1Y2S+JtWMhjLJv5Fb4i1lYxxTQai7p7RC18JQmY=; b=kFibctnUNmrsPRB4UjsKS4oqsJhVKki7n91A1Q0iisvf2yOqnK3wjhYi/kWIPwIX0X L5ImZ6SvuqXAnqVQBUidZ3UIMUcP7tfz0GicBRLdJiAdPVm6m54i0iGeurpJewRpchwq /Eh+FeGrMkmts8syZRy6tYDCyz+VDqrSfbGLx0YWNIiilSBCwsOjMZnIq82a5tYNWeJS iMDhWuueni09WPPVXD8FHVA2SvduZ3hFkAWnjfpaKO293xNv+ChV4AIwV0SupgzCF4dC /MPVyZc6FxveqAXcwxjAcD3GVD+ZdaGkJI9Jw232kFYFaFQ2VnZeIGmFmF9kQpz5qWpt 7HZQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlGwfZuwHR7lks80IScwPwIK+6VuluTVPjhyKkLO4rqgVBbdOOGC j7+fdoCqZUJ2Rei/KL1b5HQG72WxRk8CFW8CWX6jAlUQ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpdEi0xjch7QiC+MpeAI1mJilkW4MfZv98bQ4xeF0PqRcHgH3KZtIjcB2Yta51bHvWmkaUxtwRYZUC/EkybxCCs= X-Received: by 2002:a24:59c3:: with SMTP id p186-v6mr2797246itb.92.1531855726640; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:28:46 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::231 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:13:06 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU utilities List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com gnu.utils.bug:2245 Literal real values in bases other than 10 lose precision, e.g. $ dc <<<'16 d i o F423F.FD p' F423F.FA Would expect the output to be F423F.FD It basically makes the calculator useless for non-decimal calculations. Regards, Russell