From 3743c8175152a1302e1556f4309b0d01a7bfc8c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Hill <johill@lanl.gov>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 21:24:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] init beacon period to neg DBL_MAX

---
 src/ca/bhe_IL.h | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ca/bhe_IL.h b/src/ca/bhe_IL.h
index 048ee1cd6..5fbdde035 100644
--- a/src/ca/bhe_IL.h
+++ b/src/ca/bhe_IL.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  *  Author: Jeff Hill
  */
 
+#include <float.h>
+
 /*
  * set average to -1.0 so that when the next beacon
  * occurs we can distinguish between:
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
  * between the 1st and 2nd beacons)
  */
 inline bhe::bhe ( const epicsTime &initialTimeStamp, const inetAddrID &addr ) :
-    inetAddrID (addr), piiu (0), timeStamp (initialTimeStamp), averagePeriod (-1.0)
+    inetAddrID (addr), piiu (0), timeStamp (initialTimeStamp), averagePeriod ( - DBL_MAX )
 {
 #   ifdef DEBUG
     {