Bug Report 2001/09/27-v1.0b26-br01

Bug Description

Bug Reason, What Causes the Bug

On some platforms this error does not manifest because the default value for these variables were zero or small.

Solution

For those, who are able to edit the source and recompile the code the following patch should be applied:

# diff lexer.c lexer_v1.0b25.c
1040,1041d1039
<       exppart = 0.0;
<       esig = 1;

        for( ch = GETC() ; isdigit(ch) ; ch = GETC() )
          fracpart += (man *= 0.1) * (ch-'0');
        }
      exppart = 0.0;

      esig = 1;
      if( ch == 'E' || ch == 'e' ){
        i = 0; /* this is not an integer anymore if it has exponential part */
        ch = GETC(); /* step over the character E */

Bug Workaround Until Solution is Available

Acknowledgement