Is anyone else surprised?

[Trent Shipley]

//compile using 
// g++ -g -o thisProg thisProg.cc

#import <iostream>
#import <iomanip>

int main()
{
    cout << setw(9) 
         << setfill('0')
         << 1.234;

// outputs ^@^@^@^@1.234
// expected 00001.234
// due to an implicit cast of the float to a string
// on overloaded "<<"


// making the cast explicit

    cout << setw(9) 
         << setfill('0')
         << static_cast<char*>(1.234);

// outputs 00001.234
// half expected the cast to fail

 
  return 0;
}



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