c++/5261: floating point casting problem

[hongche@yahoo-inc.com]

>Number:         5261
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       floating point casting problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 02 16:26:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Hongche Liu
>Release:        gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) [FreeBSD]
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 3.4
>Description:
On more than 1 instance, whenever there is a floating point operation generate this error.
The following example is one of the simplest form.

ERROR
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/home/y/bin/g++ -DSHMEM -g -static -I. -I../../../libraries -I.. -I../../../hash -I../../../hash/libhash -I../../../ads/weblogs/intall -I../../../ads -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/tcl7.6 -c additionalAttributes.C
additionalAttributes.C: In method `float AdditionalAttributesTables::getProportion(int, int, int, AdditionalAttributes *)':
additionalAttributes.C:439: Internal compiler error.
additionalAttributes.C:439: Please submit a full bug report.
additionalAttributes.C:439: See <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/bugs.html> for instructions.
gmake: *** [additionalAttributes.o] Error 1

CODE with line number
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     436 float
     437 AdditionalAttributesTables::getProportion(int propEnum, int position, i
     437 nt dma, AdditionalAttributes *aa)
     438 {
     439   float proportion = 1.0;
     440                                
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