C++: difference between 0. and 0.0?

Question

I am well aware of the difference between 0 and 0.0 (int and double).

But is there any difference between 0. and 0.0 ( please note the . )?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Axel

Answer 1

There is no difference. Both literals are double. From the C++-Grammar:

fractional-constant:
    digit-sequenceopt . digit-sequence
    digit-sequence .

See: Hyperlinked C++ BNF Grammar

Answer 2

No, there is not.

Answer 3

No. You can also write .0 as far as I know.

Answer 4

Just having the . as part of the number identifies it as a floating point type.

This:

 cout << (5 / 2) << endl;
 cout << (5. / 2) << endl;
 cout << (5.0 / 2) << endl;

Prints this:

 2
 2.5
 2.5

You can see that the first line uses integer division (because both values are integers), whereas 5. and 5.0 both get identified as floating point types, and so they trigger "normal division."

Answer 5

0 is of type int but can be casted to double and 0.0 is of type double but can be casted to int.
Both casts are implicit.