Re: [fpc-pascal] compiler asks for variants support

2008-02-17 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Sonntag, den 17.02.2008, 17:23 +0100 schrieb Jonas Maebe: > On 17 Feb 2008, at 17:19, Marc Santhoff wrote: > > > why does this program: > > > > > > program novariant; > > uses > > sysutils; > > var > > a, b: double; > > begin > > b := 0.4237; > > a := b**5; > > writeln(float

Re: [fpc-pascal] compiler asks for variants support

2008-02-17 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 17 Feb 2008, at 17:19, Marc Santhoff wrote: why does this program: program novariant; uses sysutils; var a, b: double; begin b := 0.4237; a := b**5; writeln(floattostr(a)); end. when running give that error message: The ** operator for doubles is