On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Jeff B <a.GNUbie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well, a variable I am able to access from main() is changing > even tho there is nothing in main() itself which is changing it. Your program does not demonstrate that that has happened. > I agree about using code with undefined behavior. Regardless > of whatever confusion printf() may have about how to actually > print something, it seems to me that (int)floatVar ought to be > getting the bits from the same place as (float)floatVar. Is that > not true? It is not true. To understand why it is not true, see the x86 calling conventions. They pass int and float arguments in different places. Ian
