Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Crash using cout << float

[Kai T. <kti...@go...>]

Hi John,

2012/3/9 John McFarland <mcf...@gm...>:
> I originally posted this question on the discussion forum
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/forums/forum/723797/topic/5097793),
> but I wasn't sure if that was active.
>
> Basically, I am getting a crash with cout << float, when running a
> program compiled for a 64-bit windows target.  This could be ignorance
> on my part, since I don't have a lot of experience using the mingw64
> compilers, so maybe it will be obvious that I'm doing something wrong?
>
> The following test program demonstrates:
>
> $ /c/mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20111220/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
> --version
> x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe (GCC) 4.7.0 20111220 (experimental)
> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> $ cat prog.cpp
> #include <iostream>
>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main(void) {
>
>   cout << "hello" << endl;
>
>   float x = 10.0;
>
>   cout << x << endl;
>
> }
>
> $ make
> /c/mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20111220/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
> -c -o pro
> g.o prog.cpp
> /c/mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20111220/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe -g
> -static-l
> ibgcc -static-libstdc++ -o prog prog.o
>
> $ ./prog.exe
> hello
> [crashes]

This issue is fixed with more recent runtime-version.  I just tested
it with newer version and everything works as desired.

Regards,
Kai