Re: GCC Compiler Bug? (Or am I just losing my mind?)

[John Marshall]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think that an FlpDouble can be converted to a double using the FlpCompDouble
> type.  That is:
> 
>      double myDouble;
>      FlpDouble myFlpDouble;
>      FlpCompDouble myConverter;
> 
>      myFlpDouble = FlpAtoF("1.234");
>      myConverter.fd = myFlpDouble;
>      myDouble = myConverter.d;

Right, except that that code crashes with GCC because the Palm OS ABI for
this case (namely: functions returning small structs) was never defined
properly, and GCC does it differently from CodeWarrior.  For details and a
workaround, see

        
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/test/float-conv.c?rev=1.1&cvsroot=prc-tools

Something similar will be in the next SDK to make this more convenient.

    John

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