It's the old sprintf bug.
| > float x=1e99; | > 1e99; | zsh: segmentation fault pike
/ Mirar
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2003-02-26 03:12: Subject: Floating point (conversion) bug (affected: v7.4 & v7.5; may be Hilfe only)
It is not a general problem. What platform are you on?
Pike v7.5 release 3 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike Frontend)
(float)"0.1e99";
(1) Result: inf
float x; x = 1e99;
(2) Result: inf
/ Martin Nilsson (har bott i google)