Re: bug in format ?

[bill@cambridge.apple.com (Bill St. Clair)]

>I have problems with FORMAT in MCL 2.0 final
>
>(-:format nil "DURATION:  ~5,,,'?f sec" 0.09786848072562358) prints
>-> "DURATION:  ????? sec"
>
>Small floats print this way in 2.0 with or without patches. (It seem to
>work in pre 2.0 final versions.) I think it is a MCL bug, not my
>misunderstanding?

Looks like a bug to me. There were also a few more problems with printing
numbers less than 1 with a field width specified. "twiddle-f-ovf-patch"
will be part of patch 3 for MCL 2.0. Ask, and I'll send it.