[daip] I'd like to ask about displaying the parameter for each task

[Eric Greisen]

KOTARO NIINUMA wrote:
>    To whom it may concern:
> 
> I'm Kotaro Niinuma, used AIPS software in the following environment.
> 
> MacBook Pro (OS:snow leopard, Memory: 8GB).
> Installed version: AIPS version 09
> 
> In my environment, even if I put an integer number for each parameter of
> any task, it is displayed as " *.99 " when I checked with verb "inp".
> e.g. even if I put "1" for the parameter "docalib", it is displayed as
> "docalib       .99". (I attached the copy of parameters of task "SPLIT")
> 
> I don't know what is wrong. Could you tell me what should be done?
>

Frankly I am baffled also.  Note that all AIPS adverbs are stored in
floating point and most tasks are smart enough to account for the fact
that floating point is never exact (except at 0).  So this should not
cause problems.  Nonetheless, I have never seen it do this so
systematically.  Did you compile the software at your site or take the
binary distribution?  If the former, what compiler did you use?

Eric Greisen