[Freeciv-Dev] Re: server/settlers.c cleanup 3

[Raahul Kumar <raahul_da_man@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Gregory Berkolaiko <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Ross W. Wetmore wrote:
> 
> At 05:16 PM 02/04/13 -0700, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> 
>I've had a long argument with Raimar about this. Good luck to you Per. I
> fully agreed with the old patch, and I agree with your current approach as
>well.

> I think the ridiculous extremes the Freeciv code goes to to avoid floating
> point is pointless. 
> > 
> > Wait until your program dies consistently storing its float value back into
> > an int. 
> 
> Why does it happen and in what circumstances?
> 
> G.

I'm curious about it myself. It's not like that is an insurmountable problem.
And, to be clear, the current Freeciv code has a few waiting to happen
overflows. The danger calcs in AI are one obvious choice. 

Aloha,
RK.

When I was a kid I said to my father one afternoon, "Daddy, will you
take me to the zoo?" He answered, "If the zoo wants you let them come
and get you."
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