From bug-request at octave dot org Fri Sep 17 22:12:44 2004
Subject: bug with fread in 2.1.58
From: Andy Adler <adler at site dot uottawa dot ca>
To: bug at octave dot org
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:11:05 -0400 (EDT)

fread seems to give me problems with a build from yesterday's cvs.
Tests are on cygwin under winXP.

$ cat > jnkfile # create random jnk
adofijapdfijasdfaps
CTRL-D

$ octave
GNU Octave, version 2.1.58 (i686-pc-cygwin).
[ SNIP ]
octave:1> fid=fopen('jnkfile','rb');
octave:2> fread(fid,[2,inf],'real*4',0,'ieee-le')
error: impossible state reached in file `data-conv.cc' at line 968
error: impossible state reached in file `data-conv.cc' at line 968
error: impossible state reached in file `data-conv.cc' at line 968
...

  # this works on older octave
$ /usr/bin/octave-2.1.42
GNU Octave, version 2.1.42 (i686-pc-cygwin).
[SNIP]
octave:1> fid=fopen('jnkfile','rb');
octave:2> fread(fid,[2,inf],'real*4',0,'ieee-le')
ans =
   2.8262e+23   7.0541e+25   7.5015e-31
   2.7905e+29   2.6971e+23   0.0000e+00
octave:3> exit




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