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Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs?

From blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff)
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs?
Date 2012-01-03 12:38 -0800
Message-ID <87ty4cfro5.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org> (permalink)
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Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> writes:

> In article <f_ydnS3uiPzU7UTTnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>  Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> wrote:
>
>> p1:
>>       When a finite value of real floating type is converted to an
>>       integer type other than _Bool, the fractional part is discarded
>>       (i.e., the value is truncated toward zero). If the value of the
>>       integral part cannot be represented by the integer type,
>>       the behavior is undefined.[^50]
>
> Note that this wording is at variance with standard mathematcal definitions.

If http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FractionalPart.html is to be
believed, there is no single standard mathematical definition of
"fractional part", but the one used in the C standard matches one
common definition.
-- 
"Some people *are* arrogant, and others read the FAQ."
--Chris Dollin

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casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? "news.aon.at" <mario_semo@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-02 10:06 +0100
  Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-02 10:34 +0100
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-02 18:10 +0100
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-12-02 22:36 +0000
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-03 00:45 +0100
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler  bugs? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-02 19:43 -0500
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler   bugs? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-02 19:49 -0500
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-12-03 01:51 +0100
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-03 11:51 -0500
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-03 19:08 +0100
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-12-03 19:06 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-03 19:14 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-04 17:19 +0200
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-04 10:39 -0500
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-12-03 01:41 +0100
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-03 12:31 -0800
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-03 12:38 -0800
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:38 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 15:10 -0500
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-03 12:49 -0800
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 15:14 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-04 19:12 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 23:04 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-05 02:43 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-05 07:14 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:39 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:14 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-05 16:44 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:30 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 15:24 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:14 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 04:09 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-05 16:32 +0100
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-01-04 09:11 +0000
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 23:08 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-05 11:15 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-05 07:27 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-05 13:03 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:28 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 07:17 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? lawrence.jones@siemens.com - 2012-01-06 12:04 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:08 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:17 -0800
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-03 01:50 +0000
  Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-02 06:41 -0500
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-02 16:26 +0100

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