[Bug c/50773] float values are printed with greater precision than the float data type has when given as an argument to printf()

[rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50773

Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-18 10:05:56 UTC ---
%f prints doubles, float arguments to variadic argument functions are promoted
to double (thus, you can't print a "float" value with printf)