Re: initialization of float arrays

[Gabriel Zachmann]

On 6 Sep 2001 14:54:49 GMT, André Pönitz <address@hidden> wrote:
>  Gabriel Zachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > This seems like a bug to me.
>  
>  Given the limited precision of a float and the fact that base 10 fractions
>  do not necessarily have a nice short base 2 form, what did you expect?

in the case I posted, 
I expected the last 3 values to be 1.01 (= 2/2+0.1),
not some value that looks like uninitialized ...

Gab.


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