[ast-developers] ksh suffices f, F, l, and L for floating point constants not working

[Tina Harriott]

ast-ksh 2013-10-10 introduced suffices for floating point constants:
13-10-08 The shell arithmetic now recognized suffices f,F, l, and L for
floating point constants.

However, they do not work:
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1F))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1F: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; ((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error

If possible, can ksh please get the same kind of suffices for integer
constants, to have parity?

Tina

[Tina Harriott]

Post by Tina Harriott
13-10-08 The shell arithmetic now recognized suffices f,F, l, and L for
floating point constants.
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1F))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1F: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; ((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error
If possible, can ksh please get the same kind of suffices for integer
constants, to have parity?

Math suffices do not work in printf either:

ksh -c 'builtin printf ; printf "%f\n" 1.1f;:'
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: warning: invalid argument of type f
1.100000

Tina

[Tina Harriott]

Post by Tina Harriott

Post by Tina Harriott
13-10-08 The shell arithmetic now recognized suffices f,F, l, and L for
floating point constants.
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1f))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1F))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1F: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; print $((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh -c 'float x ; ((x=1.1l))'
./arch/linux.i386-64/bin/ksh: x=1.1l: arithmetic syntax error
If possible, can ksh please get the same kind of suffices for integer
constants, to have parity?

ksh -c 'builtin printf ; printf "%f\n" 1.1f;:'
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: 1.1f: arithmetic syntax error
/home/thm/bin/ksh: printf: warning: invalid argument of type f
1.100000
Tina

Is this going to be fixed in the next alpha?

Tina