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rdwells@mmm.com wrote:
: VC++ rejects 300F as a float constant, but my reading of
: the syntax part of section 6.1.3.1 of the standard indicates
: that it should be valid:

[snip]

: Am I reading the syntax wrong?  Should I take this to
: comp.std.c where someone may actually care (:-)?

You are the victim of a typo in the ANSI version of the
standard.  (You'd think, as much as we have to pay to get
an ANSI standard, that the quality of the reproduction would
be better!)  In the second form of the syntax for a
fractional-constant in 6.1.3.1, digit-sequence should be
followed by a period.  Then the comment that you quoted
makes sense.

If you have doubts, check the syntax summary in Annex B
(Subclause B.1.4), which does not have the typo.

Perhaps you are using Schildt's annotated version of the
standard.  If so, don't blame this on him.  This error
occurs in the ANSI document itself.  I'd like to know
whether anyone has reported it through official channels.

Walter Murray
Hewlett-Packard
Support Technology Lab