floating point constants_(re)

Wed, 22 Oct 1997 17:42:34 +0200 (MEST)

According to The African Chief:
> > 
> > GPC doesn't like the spaces between e and +.  Use
> > 
> >   1.79e+308
> > 
> > instead of
> > 
> >   1.79e + 308
> 
> You were right. How odd!
> 
> > (I am not sure what the official Pascal standard says about this;
> 
> Me neither.

Me neither.  It's impossible to understand them, as usual,
but I have the impression that they do not want blanks in
numbers.  PEP does not accept it, so at least the standard
does not requiire it.

> > Borland Pascal accepts the spaces).
> 
> Then perhaps GPC also should ?

I don't think so since I consider this a bug in BP, not a feature.

Other opinions?

    Peter

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