Re: gawk number to string bug

[John Cowan]

Andrew J. Schorr scripsit:

>     If the value of the integral part cannot be
>    represented by the integer type, the behavior is undefined.

Which is to say that your computer can halt and catch fire, or for that
matter the compiler can make demons fly out of your nose.  An FP exception
is well within the realm of undefined behavior.

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