Re: [bug-gawk] Bug in gawk big num

[Andrew J. Schorr]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 09:40:49AM -0400, Andrew J. Schorr wrote:
> I think the bug is in mpfr.c:mpg_maybe_float in this section:
> 
>         for (; *s != '\0'; s++) {
>                 if (*s == dec_point || *s == 'e' || *s == 'E')
>                         return true;
>         }
> 
> If the hex string contains the letter 'E', it decides that it might be a
> floating point number and ends up calling  mpfr_strtofr instead
> of mpg_strtoui.

The attached patch seems to work, but I'm not sure whether this is
the ideal fix.

Arnold -- please take a look.

Regards,
Andy

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