%.6g format not interpretted correctly

[EXT-Germain, Marvin E]

%.6g format not interpretted correctly

This also affects the "print" statement's handling of numbers, since OFMT =  
%.6g.
Test program compares .6g format to .6f and .6e. It should be the same as one 
of them, but isn't.
Execute as:
echo howdy | awk -f testProgram

Gawk version 3.1.3

Red Hat Linux uname -r = 2.6.9-42.ELsmp

TEST PROGRAM:

{
   A = 123.456789;

   print "Value = 123.456789";

   printf "Format = .6f ==> %.6f\n", A;

   printf "Format = .6e ==> %.6e\n", A;

   printf "Format = .6g ==> %.6g\n", A;

   printf "\n";

   A = 12.3456789;

   print "Value = 12.3456789";

   printf "Format = .6f ==> %.6f\n", A;

   printf "Format = .6e ==> %.6e\n", A;

   printf "Format = .6g ==> %.6g\n", A;

   print 123.45678;
   print OFMT;
}


OUTPUT:

Value = 123.456789
Format = .6f ==> 123.456789
Format = .6e ==> 1.234568e+02
Format = .6g ==> 123.457

Value = 12.3456789
Format = .6f ==> 12.345679
Format = .6e ==> 1.234568e+01
Format = .6g ==> 12.3457