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In article <4ibmd9$aq5@gate.seicom.net>, tydeman@tybor.com   (Fred Tydeman) writes:
>I have run across some tools and compilers that do not like:
>  08.5    09.   09e0
>They complain that those are invalid octal integers.  I claim
>that they are valid decimal floating-point constants. Who is right?

Just to be snarky, you're both right :-)  They are invalid octal integers
but they are valid decimal floating-point constants :-)

Now, the phrase "tools and compilers" suggests that you're not using
something that is supposed to be a standard conforming C implementation.
If the compiler is part of a complete C implementation, and the vendor
asserts that the implementation conforms to the ISO or ANSI standard,
*and* if you have obeyed the vendor's instructions on how to invoke the
implementation in a conforming manner, then you should demand a refund
from the vendor.  However, if the tools are editors and other things
that are not part of a C implementation or not asserted to be conforming,
then the standard has nothing to say about them.
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