Package: libc6-dev Version: 2.3.2-8 Severity: normal

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux skywise 2.4.24 #1 Sat Jan 31 22:26:19 CET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE

Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an


A program using HUGE_VAL will compile with a warning when compiled with g++-3.3 -pedantic (g++-3.3 (GCC) 3.3.2 (Debian)).

How to reproduce:

Save the following program as "test.cpp".

/* snip */

#include <math.h>

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
  double x = HUGE_VAL;

  return 0;
}

/* snip */

compile it as follows:

$ g++-3.3 -pedantic test.cpp

g++ will issue the following warning:

test.cpp:5:14: Warnung: use of C99 hexadecimal floating constant





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