Bug 49493

Bug: 49493

Impact:

Product:

GemStone/S 64 Bit

Versions:

3.6.1, 3.6, 3.5.8, 3.5.7, 3.5.6, 3.5.5, 3.5.4, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, 3.5.1, 3.5, 3.4.5, 3.4.4, 3.4.3, 3.4.2, 3.4.1, 3.4, 3.3.9, 3.3.8, 3.3.7, 3.3.6, 3.3.x, 3.3, 3.2.17, 3.2.16, 3.2.15, 3.2.x, 3.x, earlier versions

Platform:

Fixed In:

3.6.2

CByteArray >> floatAt:put: does not accept SmallFloat arguments

The method CByteArray>>floatAt:put: errors with a SmallFloat argument.

While SmallFloat is largely deprecated in favor of SmallDouble, it is still used in the FFI when interfacing to libraries that take 32-bit floating point arguments.

Workaround

Convert the argument to a SmallDouble or Float.  This can be done using asFloat (which creates an instance of SmallDouble for floating point values with the SmallDouble range)