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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Src/builtin.c | 22 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2007-11-06 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> + + * 24068: Src/builtin.c: attempt to make `printf "%g\n" -0' + output "-0", although this depends on the vagaries of the + library's strtod() (works on Solaris, doesn't on Fedora 7). + 2007-11-04 Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net> * unposted: Completion/Unix/Command/_rsync: Added new options diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c index 7420ed887..d69ab5591 100644 --- a/Src/builtin.c +++ b/Src/builtin.c @@ -4162,9 +4162,25 @@ bin_print(char *name, char **args, Options ops, int func) break; case 2: if (curarg) { - mnumval = matheval(curarg); - doubleval = (mnumval.type & MN_FLOAT) ? - mnumval.u.d : (double)mnumval.u.l; + char *eptr; + /* + * First attempt to parse as a floating + * point constant. If we go through + * a math evaluation, we can lose + * mostly unimportant information + * that people in standards organizations + * worry about. + */ + doubleval = strtod(curarg, &eptr); + /* + * If it didn't parse as a constant, + * parse it as an expression. + */ + if (*eptr != '\0') { + mnumval = matheval(curarg); + doubleval = (mnumval.type & MN_FLOAT) ? + mnumval.u.d : (double)mnumval.u.l; + } } else doubleval = 0; if (errflag) { doubleval = 0; |