Bug#568398: gcc-4.4: Error casting double complex to char

[Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org>]

Package: gcc-4.4
Version: 4.4.3-1
Severity: important

dd.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <complex.h>

int main(int argc,char * argv[]) {

  double complex d=0;
  long l;

  sscanf(argv[1],"%ld",&l);
  d=l;
  printf("%d %d %d %d %f\n",(char)d,(short)d,(int)d,(long)d,(double)d);

  return 0;

}

  
camm@localhost:$ cc -g /tmp/dd.c -o /tmp/dd
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 1
1 1 1 1 1.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 255
-1 255 255 255 255.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 256
0 256 256 256 256.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 257
1 257 257 257 257.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 65535
0 -32768 65535 65535 65535.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 32768
0 -32768 32768 32768 32768.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 32767
-1 32767 32767 32767 32767.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 32766
-2 32766 32766 32766 32766.000000
camm@localhost:$ /tmp/dd 2147483647
0 -32768 2147483647 2147483647 2147483647.000000

Take care,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.20-5     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpp-4.4                       4.4.3-1    The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-4.4-base                  4.4.3-1    The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-5   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.3-1  GCC support library
ii  libgomp1                      4.4.3-1    GCC OpenMP (GOMP) support library

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.10.2-5   Embedded GNU C Library: Developmen

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 suggests:
pn  gcc-4.4-doc                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  gcc-4.4-locales               <none>     (no description available)
pn  gcc-4.4-multilib              <none>     (no description available)
pn  libcloog-ppl0                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  libgcc1-dbg                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  libgomp1-dbg                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  libmudflap0-4.4-dev           <none>     (no description available)
pn  libmudflap0-dbg               <none>     (no description available)
pn  libppl-c2                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  libppl7                       <none>     (no description available)

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