----- Original Message -----
From: Joerg Wunsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:50 am
Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] %f

> As Steve Franks wrote:
> 
> > I know no one else in their right mind uses floating point
> > printf/scanf.
> 
> Why not?
> 
> > That said, the "double format, float arg" warning is a
> > bit tedious (when you have a giant string parser in a mega128).
> 
> It's only tedious as the AVR currently doesn't support 64-bit doubles,
> so sizeof(float) == sizeof(double).

Please note that we have repeatedly asked for volunteers to help with
maintenance of the math library, as well as adding true 64-bit doubles
to avr-libc. IIRC, the IAR compiler for the AVR offers this; it would be
nice to offer this as well.

Eric Weddington


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