Re: [Gm2] BUG: WriteLongReal failure, shows zero when number is less than 0.1

[Gaius Mulley]

"Néstor" <address@hidden> writes:

> Here is the patch!
> 
> I have been able to debug the error, and changing the following line works:
> 
> --- StringConvert.mod 2008-03-19 11:22:14.000000000 +0100
> +++ StringConvert.mod 2008-11-30 14:55:53.000000000 +0100
> @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
>           (* add leading zero's *)
>           IF Length(s)<LogPower
>           THEN
> -            s := Mult(InitString('0'), LogPower-Length(s)) ;
> +            s := ConCat(Mult(InitString('0'), LogPower-Length(s)), Mark(s)) ;
>           END ;
>           Result := ConCat(Result, Mark(s))
>        END
> 
> The only thing now is that some numbers get a value which had to be
> rounded. For example:
> 
> WriteLongReal(0.001, 8):
> ==> 0.000999
> 
> I'm going to analyze this behaviour.
> 
> 2008/11/29 Michael Lambert <address@hidden>:
> > Confirmed on Mac/Intel and Debian/Alpha.
> >

Hi Néstor,

many thanks - applied patch to cvs,

regards,
Gaius