Fixed output for writeText(s,float) and added unit test

faststreams/textio.nim

@@ -99,15 +99,13 @@ when defined(c):
     ## than `$` because it is directly written to the stream without
     ## allocating a standard Nim 'string'.
     ##
-    ## Because this procedure uses stdlib, it is only active when nim compiles
+    ## Because this procedure uses stdlib, it is only active when Nim compiles
-    ## with the 'c' flag. Otherwise, float types fall back to the generic writeText
+    ## with the 'c' flag. Otherwise, float types are passed to the generic writeText
     ## procedure.
     var buffer: array[65, char]
     discard writeFloatToBuffer(buffer, x)
-    for index in 0 ..< 65:
+    let bs: cstring = addr buffer
-      if buffer[index] == '\0':
+    write s, bs.toOpenArray(0, bs.len - 1)
-        break
-      write s, buffer[index]
 
 template writeText*(s: OutputStream, str: string) =
   write s, str

tests/test_outputs.nim

@@ -236,3 +236,15 @@ suite "output stream":
     let resultsAreEqual = nimSeq == memStream.getOutput
     check resultsAreEqual
 
+  test "float output":
+    let basic: float64 = 12345.125
+    let small: float32 = 12345.125
+    let large: float64 = 9.99e+20
+    let tiny: float64 = -2.25e-35
+
+    outputText basic
+    outputText small
+    outputText large
+    outputText tiny
+
+    checkOutputsMatch()