other/6201: What precision should a float have?

other/6201: What precision should a float have?

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>Number:         6201
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       What precision should a float have?
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 06 03:16:04 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alberto Simões
>Release:        gcc 3.0.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
Slackware
>Description:
a variable with 1.4 compared with a literal 1.4...
>How-To-Repeat:
compile. At the scanf write 1.4... it should say that it is less than 1.4...
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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