Re: Code crashes at runtime - is this valid c++
On 2008-11-06 17:22:06 -0500, Salt_Peter <pj_hern@yahoo.com> said:
On Nov 6, 2:59 pm, chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote:
float g(const float& x)
{
float y = x;
if(y == 0.0f)
Never compare 2 floats for equality.
Seems like a pretty good way to avoid dividing by zero.
Apart from the fact that its an intensive operation for a cpu,
Um, no. It's nearly trivial.
the following is expected...
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
float fa(0.0f);
float fb(0.0f);
if( fa == fb)
std::cout << "not equal\n";
else
std::cout << "equal\n";
std::cout << "Press ENTER to EXIT.\n";
std::cin.get();
}
/*
not equal
*/
A standarde-conforming C++ compiler will not produce that result. Both
values are exact, and the comparison is exact.
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