From: nospam@no.spam   
      
         When I was working, and people came to me with this sort of   
   problem, I developed a conditioned reflex to ask, "Are you sure you're   
   not using an uninitialised variable somewhere?".  I'm not saying that it   
   definitely *is* this (our esteemed moderator points out that it could be   
   anything not valid in C); but it's well worth checking IME.   
      
         Hope this is useful!   
         Mark   
      
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