/*
	 * Because some compilers will generate floating point exceptions on
	 * an overflow cast (e.g. Borland), we restrict the values to the
	 * valid range for float.
	 */

	if (fabs(dvalue) > (double) FLT_MAX) {
	    if (fabs(dvalue) > (FLT_MAX + pow(2, (FLT_MAX_EXP - FLT_MANT_DIG - 1)))) {
		fvalue = (dvalue >= 0.0) ? INFINITY : -INFINITY;	// c99
	    } else {
	    fvalue = (dvalue >= 0.0) ? FLT_MAX : -FLT_MAX;
	    }
	} else {
	    fvalue = (float) dvalue;
	}
	CopyNumber(&fvalue, *cursorPtr, sizeof(float), type);
	*cursorPtr += sizeof(float);
	return TCL_OK;