gdb3.5 core dumps when printing illegal floats

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From: Glenn Engel
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 1990 16:54

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When gdb3.5 attempts to print a floating point value which is illegal, it
gives an error the first time and then core dumps.  An example where this
can easily happen is when printing a union with an int and a float field.

Here's an example:

GDB 3.5, Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for GDB; type "info warranty" for details.
GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
 under certain conditions; type "info copying" to see the conditions.
Type "help" for a list of commands.
(gdb) p/f (int) -4503758
$1 = Invalid floating value encountered or computed.
(gdb) p/f (int) -4503758
Floating exception - core dumped


Gdb was configured for hp9k320.

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Glenn 

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