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>>>>> "Bill" == WE Metzenthen <billm@euler.maths.monash.edu.au> writes:
In article <4idvos$72b@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> billm@euler.maths.monash.edu.au (WE Metzenthen) writes:

Bill> Is it really a "real bug"?

[Text about "wide function returns" deleted]

Hi Bill,

many thanks for your reply and bringing a discussion to my attention
that happened before I joined gnu.gcc.help.  The reason I believe this
to be a gcc bug is as follows.  Even when I insert explicit casts,

    save = (double) divby3(dividend);
    if (save == (double) divby3(dividend))

and

double divby3(double value)
{
    return (double) (value / 3.0);
}


the comparison still fails.  I am not aware of any gcc switch that
makes the comparison true.  I do not see how a standard conforming C
compiler can ignore these casts.

Cheers,
Harald
-- 
Ciao,
-ha

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