--- ray/src/common/readoct.c	1990/09/06 23:32:45	1.8
+++ ray/src/common/readoct.c	1990/12/12 22:43:57	1.10
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ char  *ofn[];
 	if (load & IO_SCENE) {
 					/* check object count */
 		if (nobjects != objorig+fnobjects)
-			octerror(USER, "bad object count -- stale octree?");
+			octerror(USER, "bad object count; octree stale?");
 					/* check for non-surfaces */
 		if (nonsurfinset(objorig, fnobjects))
-			octerror(USER, "non-surface in set -- stale octree?");
+			octerror(USER, "non-surface in set; octree stale?");
 	}
 	return(nf);
 }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ getflt()			/* get a floating point number */
 	double  d;
 
 	d = (double)getint(4)/0x7fffffff;
-	return(ldexp(d, getint(1)));
+	return(ldexp(d, (int)getint(1)));
 }