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2007.05.04 11:51 "TIFFSetField and float values", by <mikk@go2.pl>
2007.05.04 12:18 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by Andrey Kiselev
2007.05.04 12:46 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by <mikk@go2.pl>
2007.05.04 13:02 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by Joris Van Damme
2007.05.04 13:13 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by Toby Thain
2007.05.04 13:20 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by Joris Van Damme
2007.05.04 21:06 "TIFFSetField and float values", by Mahmoudi Wafa

2007.05.04 13:20 "Re: TIFFSetField and float values", by Joris Van Damme

Toby Thain wrote:
> > I would agree... but I suspect other compilers may behave
> > differently. I suspect that passing a float, as per documentation,
> > would work for most, but passing a double will work for all.
>
> In standard C, floats are always promoted to double in function
> arguments.

Indeed. That's exactly why I think documenting the parameter to be a double 
instead of a float would work for all, standard C compilers that used to 
promote the float to double anyway, as well as Borland compilers that seem 
to fail to do this promotion in the variable list arguments case.


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