Re: [Mingw-users] mingw32-gcc (Graphite) and float numbers

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Kai Tietz wrote:
> this issue is well known.
Is this because of Graphite?
>  It is related to the default strict-aliasing
>  rules of gcc's 4.4.x gcc.
Then, how come when mingw32-gcc-4.4.0 (official release) is used the 
numbers are printed correct.
>  Some libraries in old mingw runtime aren't
> aware of this, and so the POSIX printf methods and some parts of the
> math (dependent to cephes) are broken.
Is there any workaround ?
>  The bad point is that gcc 4.4.x
> doesn't show warning for this by default. You need to turn those
> warning explict one to see them.
>   
What warning flags to show float print errors?
> Cheers,
> Kai
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